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Chlumec is a village and municipality ( obec) in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 72 (as at 3 July 2006).
Chlumec lies approximately north-east of Český Krumlov, south-west of České Budějovice, and south of Prague.
Chlumec is a village and municipality ( obec) in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 12.87 km, and has a population of 4,402 (as at 28 August 2006).
Chlumec lies approximately 9 km north-west of Ústí nad Labem and 76 km north-west of Prague.
After the great Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813), the Battle of Kulm took place here on 29–30 August, between the French Empire under Dominique Vandamme and an allied army of Austrians, Prussians, and Russians. The French were defeated and Vandamme surrendered with his army of 10,000 men. The heights above Kulm were the site of the Second Battle of Kulm, 17 September 1813.
Chlumec is the name of several places in the Czech Republic:
- Chlumec (Český Krumlov District), a village in the South Bohemian Region
- Chlumec (Ústí nad Labem District), a village in the Ústí nad Labem Region
- Chlumec nad Cidlinou, a town in the Hradec Králové Region
Alternatively:
- Velký Chlumec, a village in the Central Bohemian Region
- Vysoký Chlumec, a village in the Central Bohemian Region
- Kráľovský Chlmec, known until 1948 as Kráľovský Chlumec, a village in Slovakia.