Lahošť

Lahošť, until 2006 Lahošt (German: Loosch) is a village and municipality (obec) in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

Lahošť
Municipality
Center of the village
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Location of Lahošť within Teplice District
Lahošť
Location of Lahošť within Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°37′19″N 13°45′56″E
CountryCzech Republic
RegionÚstí nad Labem
DistrictTeplice
Area
  Total3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation
213 m (699 ft)
Population
 (2006)
  Total566
  Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Postal code
417 25
Websitehttp://www.lahost.cz

The municipality covers an area of 3.02 square kilometres (1.17 sq mi), and has a population of 566 (as at 28 August 2006).

Lahošť lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Teplice, 20 km (12 mi) west of Ústí nad Labem, and 76 km (47 mi) north-west of Prague.

Paleontology

Fossils of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur were found near this city at the end of the 19th Century. In Hudcov, a nearby village, plesiosaur Cimoliasaurus teplicensis was described in 1906 by Czech paleontologist Antonín Frič.[1]

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