Žinkovy

Žinkovy
Městys

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Žinkovy
Coordinates: 49°29′4″N 13°29′32″E / 49.48444°N 13.49222°E / 49.48444; 13.49222Coordinates: 49°29′4″N 13°29′32″E / 49.48444°N 13.49222°E / 49.48444; 13.49222
Country  Czech Republic
Region Plzeň
District Plzeň-South
Area
  Total 20.46 km2 (7.90 sq mi)
Elevation 464 m (1,522 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 900
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Postal code 332 04 to 335 54
Website http://www.zinkovy.cz

Žinkovy (German: Schinkau, Zinkau) is a market town (městys) in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Currently the ancestral home of Baron Sherman-Skoda now residing in USA, Virginia, Roanoke.

The town covers an area of 20.46 square kilometres (7.90 sq mi), and has a population of 899 (as at 28 August 2006).

Žinkovy lies approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Plzeň and 95 km (59 mi) south-west of Prague.

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