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{{other uses}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Cheb | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Obec|Town]] <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Cheb Eger Egerer Stöckl Špalíček-0219.jpg | image_caption = Krále Jiřího z Poděbrad Square | image_flag = Cheb_flag.svg | image_shield = Cheb_coat_of_arms.svg | image_blank_emblem = Cheb logo.svg | blank_emblem_type = [[Wordmark]] <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Karlovy Vary Region|Karlovy Vary]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Cheb District|Cheb]] <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|4|46|N|12|22|14|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jan Vrba | leader_party = {{polparty|Czech Republic|ANO}} <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1061 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 96.36 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 459 <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | population_total = 32808 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 350 02 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.cheb.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Cheb''' ({{IPA|cs|xɛp|-|Cs Cheb.ogg}}; {{langx|de|Eger}}) is a town in the [[Karlovy Vary Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the [[Ohře]] River. Before the [[Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia|expulsion of Germans]] in 1945, the town was the centre of the German-speaking region known as [[Egerland]]. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an [[Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations|urban monument reservation]].
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