Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "In Czech politics, a statutory city (Czech: statutární město) is a municipal corporation which has been granted city status by Act of Parliament. It is more prestigious than the simple title městys (literally "market town"), which can be awarded by the cabinet and chair of the Chamber of Deputies to a municipality which applies for it. Statutory city status is partially ceremonial; the mayor is called primátor, rather than the starosta of other municipalities. Statutory cities are allowed to subdivide into boroughs (obvod or část) with their own elected councils; such a city has to issue a statute (statut) that delimits power to boroughs, and few have done so."@en }
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- Statutory_city_(Czech_Republic) abstract "In Czech politics, a statutory city (Czech: statutární město) is a municipal corporation which has been granted city status by Act of Parliament. It is more prestigious than the simple title městys (literally "market town"), which can be awarded by the cabinet and chair of the Chamber of Deputies to a municipality which applies for it. Statutory city status is partially ceremonial; the mayor is called primátor, rather than the starosta of other municipalities. Statutory cities are allowed to subdivide into boroughs (obvod or část) with their own elected councils; such a city has to issue a statute (statut) that delimits power to boroughs, and few have done so.".