Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics: Benešov nad Černou - Besednice - Bohdalovice - Brloh - Bujanov - Černá v Pošumaví - Český Krumlov - Chlumec - Chvalšiny - Dolní Dvořiště - Dolní Třebonín - Frymburk - Holubov - Horní Dvořiště - Horní Planá - Hořice na Šumavě - Kájov - Kaplice - Křemže - Lipno nad Vltavou - Loučovice - Malonty - Malšín - Mirkovice - Mojné - Netřebice - Nová Ves - Omlenice - Pohorská Ves - Polná na Šumavě - Přední Výtoň - Přídolí - Přísečná - Rožmberk nad Vltavou - Rožmitál na Šumavě - Soběnov - Srnín - Střítež - Světlík - Velešín - Větřní - Věžovatá Pláně - Vyšší Brod - Zlatá Koruna - Zubčice - Zvíkov Part of the district territory belongs to Boletice Military Training Area.

The relief is very varied and goes from mountainous areas in the south to a relatively flat landscape in the northeast, with high average elevations.

The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Bohemian Forest Foothills (most of the territory), Bohemian Forest (southwest), Gratzen Mountains (southeast) and Gratzen Foothills (a strip running from northeast to south).

[1] The most important river is the Vltava, which flows from west to southeast and then turns north.

The historic centre of Český Krumlov was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its well-preserved Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture.