Nededza ( hu, Vágnedec) is a
village
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Žilina District
Žilina District ( sk, Okres Žilina) is an '' okres'' (district) of the Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia. The district was first established in 1923. Its present borders date from 1996. The heart of the district is the Váh and Rajec rive ...
in the
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region ( sk, Žilinský kraj; pl, Kraj żyliński; hu, Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region ...
of northern
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 ...
.
History
In
historical records the
village
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was first mentioned in 1384.
Geography
The
municipality
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lies at an
altitude
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of 381 metres and covers an
area
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of 6.311 km². It has a
population
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of about 929 people.
External links
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Žilina District
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