Litvínovice
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Litvínovice is a village and municipality (obec
Obec
Obec is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality . The literal meaning of the word is "commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities are also municipalities...

) in České Budějovice District
Ceské Budejovice District
České Budějovice District is a district within South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is České Budějovice.- Complete list of municipalities :Adamov -Bečice -Borek -Borovany -Borovnice -Boršov nad Vltavou -Bošilec -...

 in the South Bohemian Region
South Bohemian Region
South Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia...

 of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 5.86 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi), and has a population of 1,941 (as at 31 December 2007).

Litvínovice lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of České Budějovice
Ceské Budejovice
České Budějovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice and of the University of South Bohemia and the Academy of Sciences...

 and 125 km (78 mi) south of Prague
Prague
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. On February 11, 1929 in Litvínovice was recorded the lowest temperature ever in Czech Republic of −42.2 °C.
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