Szeged has beautiful buildings and wide avenues. This is mainly due to the great flood of 1879, which literally wiped away the whole town (only 265 of the 5723 houses remained and 165 people died). Emperor Franz Joseph visited the town and promised that "Szeged will be more beautiful than it used to be". He kept his promise. During the next years a new, modern city emerged from the ruins, with palaces and wide streets. After the First World War Hungary lost its southern territories to Serbia, as a result Szeged became a city close to the border, and its importance
Plzeň Region reside in Plzeň which is the fourth largest city in the Czech Republic with 167 thousand inhabitants. Plzeň is the largest city in the region. There are 56 towns in the region, which account for 67% of the total population. More than 30% of the population lives in municipalities with less than 2000 inhabitants. The Plzeň Region is the third least densely populated region in the Czech Republic. The population density is 75.6 inhabitants per km² while the national average is 133.2 inhabitants per km². The least populated parts of the region are Tachov District (38.5 inhabitants per km²) and