Editing Karlovy Vary (section)

{{Short description|Statutory city in the Czech Republic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Karlovy Vary
| other_name              = Karlsbad
| settlement_type         = [[Statutory city (Czech Republic)|Statutory city]]
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| image_skyline           = Karlovy Vary Czech.jpg
| image_caption           = Aerial view of Karlovy Vary
| image_flag              = Karlovy Vary (CZE) - flag.gif
| image_shield            = Karlovy Vary COA.svg
| image_blank_emblem      = Karlovy Vary Logo.png
| 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       = [[Karlovy Vary District|Karlovy Vary]]
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| image_map               = 
| map_caption             = 
| pushpin_map             = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief          = 1
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates             = {{Coord|50|13|50|N|12|52|21|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
<!-- government type, leaders -->
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Andrea Pfeffer Ferklová
| leader_party            = [[ANO (political party)|ANO]]
<!-- established -->
| established_title       = Founded around
| established_date        = 1349
<!-- area -->
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 59.08
<!-- elevation -->
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 447
<!-- 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        = 49073
| 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 codes
| postal_code             = 360 01, 360 06, 360 07,<br />360 17, 360 18, 364 64
| area_code_type          = 
| area_code               = 
<!-- website, footnotes -->
| website                 = {{URL|https://mmkv.cz/}}
| module                  = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
 | child = yes
 | WHS = Františkovy Lázně
 | Part_of = [[The Great Spa Towns of Europe]]
 | Criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(ii)(iii)}}(ii)(iii)
 | ID = 1613
 | Year = 2021
}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Karlovy Vary''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈkarlovɪ ˈvarɪ|-|Cs-Karlovy Vary.ogg}}; {{langx|de|Karlsbad}}, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a [[spa town|spa city]] in the [[Karlovy Vary Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the [[Ohře]] and [[Teplá (river)|Teplá]] rivers.

Karlovy Vary is named after [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] and the [[King of Bohemia]], who founded the city in the 14th century. The site of numerous [[hot spring]]s, the city grew into a spa resort in the 19th century and was a popular destination for the European aristocracy and other luminaries. Karlovy Vary's rapid growth was brought to an end by the outbreak of [[World War I]]. After the [[Velvet Revolution]] in 1989, Karlovy Vary once again became a major tourist destination.

Karlovy Vary is the most visited spa town in the Czech Republic. In 2021, the city became part of the transnational UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]] under the name "[[Great Spa Towns of Europe]]" because of its spas and architecture from the 18th through 20th centuries. The historic city centre with the spa cultural landscape is well preserved and is protected as an [[Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations|urban monument reservation]].