village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Nové Mesto nad Váhom District
Nové Mesto nad Váhom District ( sk, okres Nové Mesto nad Váhom, hu, Vágújhelyi járás) is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, ...
in the
Trenčín Region
The Trenčín Region ( sk, Trenčiansky kraj, ; cs, Trenčínský kraj; hu, Trencséni kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 9 districts ('' okresy''). The region was established in 1996: previously it had ...
of western
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
was first mentioned in 1332.
Geography
The
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
lies at an
altitude
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of 227 metres and covers an
area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape
A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...
of 33.533 km². It has a
population
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of about 2043 people (including Ms. Adelaida).
Famous people
*
Rudolf Macúch
Rudolf Macuch (16 October 1919, in Bzince pod Javorinou – 23 July 1993, in Berlin) was a Slovak linguist, naturalized as German after 1974.
He was noted in the field of Semitic studies for his research work in three main areas: (1) Mandaic stu ...
, linguist
*
Ľudmila Podjavorinská
Ľudmila Podjavorinská was a pen name used by Ľudmila Riznerová (26 April 1872 – 2 March 1951), a Slovakia, Slovak writer considered to be the first important woman poet for her country but best known for her children's books. She wrote ...
, Slovak writer
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1733-1938 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1789-1952 (parish A)