Chlumec is a village and municipality (obec

Obec

Obec is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality . The literal meaning of the word is "commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities are also municipalities...

) in Ústí nad Labem District

Ústí nad Labem District

Ústí nad Labem District is one of seven districts located within the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic...

 in the Ústí nad Labem Region

Ústí nad Labem Region

Ústí nad Labem Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of its historical region of Bohemia...

 of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 12.87 square kilometres (5 sq mi), and has a population of 4,402 (as at 28 August 2006).

Chlumec lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...

 and 76 km (47 mi) north-west of Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

.

In 1813, Battle of Kulm

Battle of Kulm

The Battle of Kulm was a battle near the town Kulm and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition...

took place here.