Káraný is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Káraný was originally name of a forest in which game hunting and tree cutting were "severely punished" (in old Czech káráno).

[3] The Prague–Kolín railway line runs through the municipal territory, but there is no train station.

A significant majority of the houses in the village are cottages of residents of Prague and other larger towns nearby.

[9] A landmark is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk in the centre of the village.