Stránka

Stránka is a small municipality and village in the Mělník District, part of the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic — a quiet rural spot for travelers who want a genuine taste of the Czech countryside away from the crowds.

Where is Stránka located?

Stránka sits in the Mělník District, roughly 17 kilometers northeast of the town of Mělník itself. Administratively, it belongs to the Central Bohemian Region, one of the areas encircling Prague. The surrounding landscape is typically rural, with fields, small settlements, and a network of local roads connecting the municipality to its neighbors in the district.

How big is the municipality?

Stránka is home to just over two hundred people — 221 inhabitants according to 2013 data. That makes it one of the smaller municipalities in the Mělník District: no large residential blocks or town-scale infrastructure, just the modest houses and farmsteads typical of the region.

What parts make up the municipality?

The municipality of Stránka is not a single, uniform village — administratively it consists of three parts. Stránka itself is the largest, with 184 residents according to the 2021 census. The other two are Ostrý, with 14 residents, and Tajná, with just 8. This kind of arrangement is common across small Central Bohemian municipalities, where one local administration covers several historically separate settlements.

What is the history behind the village?

The earliest written record of Stránka dates back to 1357, pointing to medieval origins for the settlement. Over the following centuries it remained a small agricultural village typical of this part of Central Bohemia — no major historical events have survived in widely available sources, but there is a continuous settlement history stretching back to the Middle Ages.

What should visitors know before coming?

Stránka is not set up for tourism in any formal sense — there are no hotels or marked attractions on the scale of the larger towns in the region. It suits travelers who appreciate passing through an authentic, little-known Central Bohemian village, for instance as part of a longer route through the Mělník District. The proximity to the town of Mělník, known for its castle and vineyards overlooking the confluence of the Elbe and Vltava rivers, makes Stránka a possible stop along the way, even though the municipality itself has no developed tourist infrastructure.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Stránka located? In the Mělník District, Central Bohemian Region, about 17 km northeast of the town of Mělník.

How many people live in Stránka? The whole municipality had 221 inhabitants according to 2013 data. The village of Stránka itself had 184 inhabitants according to the 2021 census.

What parts make up the municipality of Stránka? Three: Stránka (184 residents), Ostrý (14 residents), and Tajná (8 residents), based on 2021 census figures.

When was Stránka first mentioned? The earliest written record of the village dates back to 1357.

Are there tourist attractions in Stránka? Available sources do not point to any landmarks or attractions within the municipality itself. It is a rural village that can be visited as part of a wider route through the Mělník District, for example on the way to Mělník.