Municipality websites as a communication channel

The research on the digitalisation of public administration is crucial in the case of the Czech Republic and its rural areas due to the nature of the Czech settlement structure with many small rural municipalities. The article deals with the development of e-government in the Czech Republic from the perspective of rural development. The paper's starting point is a characterisation of the digitalisation process of state and local government in the last quarter of a century. The paper focuses on developing municipal websites, which represent a crucial communication channel in the rural environment. The paper also discusses the possibilities and limits of e-democracy in rural development.