Statistical units, harmonized in accordance with INSPIRE

Statistical districts shall mean the smallest territorial units, which form cadastral territories, and basic settlement units, whose network covers the whole territory of the Czech Republic, that are used for detailed description of territories and establishment of statistical zones (Act No 89/1995 Sb on the State Statistical Service, as amended, § 2). The statistical unit boundaries are derived from the boundaries of basic settlement units and cadastral districts, are ideally composed into the boundaries of basic settlement units and run together with proprietary boundaries, communications' axises and other line elements, natural elements included.