Statutory city (Czech Republic)

It is more prestigious than the simple title město ("town"), which can be awarded by the cabinet and chair of the Chamber of Deputies to a municipality which applies for it.

Statutory city status is partially ceremonial; the mayor is called primátor, rather than the starosta of other municipalities.

Also the capital of Prague, while not being de jure statutory city, is subdivided into similar self-governing boroughs.

Until 1928, 11 cities in the Czech lands received the statutory city title: Prague, Liberec, Brno, Jihlava, Kroměříž, Olomouc, Uherské Hradiště, Znojmo, Opava, Frýdek, and Bielsko (which became a part of Poland in 1920).

On 1 December 1928 their count was reduced to five (Prague, Liberec, Brno, Olomouc and Opava).