Chynorany ( hu, Kinorány) is a

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 ...

Partizánske District Partizánske District ( sk, okres Partizánske, hu, Simonyi járás) is a district in the Trenčín Region of Western Slovakia. It had been established in 1996, district area was previously a part of Topoľčany District. Partizánske district con ...

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 ...

. The village is located on the right bank of the river

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth la ...

, approximately in the middle between the towns of

Partizánske Partizánske (, meaning “partisan town” formerly: ''Baťovany'', hu, Simony) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. Geography Partizánske is located in the northern part of the Danubian Hills around from Nitra and from the capital Brat ...

and

Topoľčany Topoľčany (; sk, Veľké Topoľčany before 1920; hu, Nagytapolcsány) is a town in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. The population is around 25,000 in total. The town's population is nicknamed ''Žochári'' (singl. ''Žochár'') (producers, or o ...

. Northwest the terrain curves into the Bojice hillside, following the mountain range of

Považský Inovec Považský Inovec is a mountain range in western Slovakia, named after the Váh river. It is 48 km (30 mi) long and 15–25 km (9-16 mi) wide mountain range. It is situated from the city of Hlohovec, raising from the Danubia ...

. To the south and east, behind the river

, rises the mountain range of

Tribeč Tribeč ( hu, Tribecs-hegység) is a crystalline mountain range in western Slovakia, in the Inner Western Carpathians within the Fatra-Tatra Area, roughly between the towns of Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in ...

is 10 km northeast,

12 km southwest and

Bánovce nad Bebravou Bánovce nad Bebravou (german: Banowitz, hu, Bán) is a town in Slovakia, in the Trenčín Region. Names The name is derived from the personal name or title Ban (title), Bán meaning "the village of Bán's people". "Nad Bebravou" means "above Be ...

15 km north from Chynorany.

Etymology

The name is derived from a duty to guard a local ford at early morning. sk, chyn-, chyniť – to pretend, to lie (here also

ambush An ambush is a long-established military tactics, military tactic in which a combatant uses an advantage of concealment or the element of surprise to attack unsuspecting enemy combatants from concealed positions, such as among dense underbru ...

, the word is preserved e.g. in Serbian as ''hiniti''), ''ran-'', ''raný'', ''ranný'' – early, morning.

History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1243.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of and covers an

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of . It has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of about 2723 people.

Etymology

History

Geography

See also