Žarnovica (german: Scharnowitz; hu, Zsarnóca) is a town and municipality in the
Žarnovica District
Žarnovica District () is a district in
the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Tekov, only a part of Hodruša-Hámre, namely Banská Hodruša in the east ...
,
Banská Bystrica Region in
Slovakia. The town is situated in the
Hron river valley. It has a population of around 6,000 people.
History
The first written mention about Žarnovica is dated to 1332.
Geography
Žarnovica lies at an altitude of
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
and covers an area of .
It is located in the
Žiar Basin Žiar may refer to:
* Žiar, Liptovský Mikuláš District, a municipality in Slovakia
* Žiar, Revúca District, a municipality in Slovakia
* Žiar (mountain range), Slovakia
*Short name of Žiar nad Hronom
Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, germa ...
in central Slovakia, on the
Hron River, between
Vtáčnik and
Štiavnické vrchy mountain ranges.
Demographics
According to the 2001
census, the town had 6,596 inhabitants. 95.59% of inhabitants were
Slovaks
The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak.
In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...
, 1.61%
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
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** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
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and 0.73%
Czechs. The religious make-up was 78.73%
Roman Catholics
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, 15.25% people with no religious affiliation and 1.32%
Lutherans.
References
External links
Municipal website
Cities and towns in Slovakia
Villages and municipalities in Žarnovica District
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