Litvínov consists of 12 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The initial name of the settlement was Lutvínov (in old Czech written as Lutwinow).

In 1715, Count Jan Josef Valdštejn founded a large cloth factory, one of the first in the Czech lands.

[5] The largest oil refinery in the Czech Republic (owned by Orlen Unipetrol) is located there.

The station named Litvínov is the terminus and start of a line to Ústí nad Labem.

Local club HC Litvínov is a stable part of the top national league (Extraliga) since 1959.

Many famous ice hockey players and coaches are connected with HC Litvínov, including 1998 Olympic gold medalists Ivan Hlinka, Vladimír Růžička, Jiří Šlégr, Robert Reichel and Martin Ručinský.

[11] Osada, local part of Horní Litvínov, is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

It includes a uniform and high-quality urban area with apartment buildings built by the occupation authorities during World War II for employees of the chemical factory in Záluží.