BEROUN, a town of Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, situated in a widening of the Beroun valley 27m. south-west of Prague. The fertility of the basin in which it lies and the location on one of the important approaches to Prague contributed to its early devel opment, especially during the period of patronage by Charles IV., but the same factors caused it to be frequently sacked and devas tated. The modern prosperity is based upon industrial activities handling local produce, notably sugar-refining, flour-milling, brew ing and the manufacture of textiles ; it shares, also, in the iron, cement and lime manufactures of the Beroun valley. Pop.