Nová Dubnica (german: Neudubnitz; hu, Újtölgyes) cz, Nová Dubnice) is a

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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 ...

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 ...

Geography

It is located in the Ilava Basin at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains.

History

The town was established in the 1950s originally for the purpose of housing workers of the local heavy machinery factory ''Závody ťažkého strojárstva''. Therefore, it can be described as a

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. Construction started in 1951, and became separate from

Dubnica nad Váhom Dubnica nad Váhom (; Slovak before 1927: ''Dubnica'', german: Dubnitz an der Waag, hu, Máriatölgyes, before 1899 ''Dubnic(z)'') is a town in the Ilava District, Trenčín Region in Slovakia. Geography It is located on the Váh river, in the ...

and from parts of cadastral areas of

Trenčianske Teplice Trenčianske Teplice (german: Trentschin-Teplitz; hu, Trencsénteplic) is a health resort and small spa town in western Slovakia, in the valley of the river Teplička, at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains, a few kilometres away ...

and Veľký Kolačin municipalities in 1957 and was named Nová Dubnica and received town rights in 1960. In 1971 municipality of Kolačín made of Malý Kolačín and Velký Kolačín was annexed to the town.

Demographics

According to the 2001

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, the town had 12,358 inhabitants. 95.6% of inhabitants were

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, 1.8%

Czechs The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, c ...

and 0.2%

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and

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. The religious makeup was 70.8%

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, 20.7% people with no religious affiliation, and 3.4% Lutherans.

Notable people

* Rastislav Blaško, former vice-chairman of Social Democratic Party of Slovakia, born in Ilava in 1971, lived in Nová Dubnica from 1979 to 1987. He is holder of twice bronze medal for 3rd place as the staff member of Slovak FootGolf National Team at the 2. European Team FootGolf Championship EURO FOOTGOLF 2019 in United Kingdom, England and 2021 in Hungary. * Júlia Liptáková, Slovak model

Interests

The cinema Panorex, which is used for organizing cultural events, was the first panoramic cinema in Slovakia.

Twin towns — sister cities

Nová Dubnica is twinned with: *

Dubna Dubna ( rus, Дубна́, p=dʊbˈna) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It has a status of ''naukograd'' (i.e. town of science), being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research center and one o ...

, Russia *

Miedźna Miedźna is a village in Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miedźna. It lies approximately east of Pszczyna and south of the regional capital Katowice. ...

, Poland *

San Daniele del Friuli San Daniele del Friuli ( fur, Sant Denêl) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine. San Daniele del Friuli borders thes ...

, Italy *

Slavičín Slavičín () is a town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,200 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Divnice, Hrádek na Vlárské dráze and Nevšová are administrative parts of Slavičín. Geogr ...

, Czech Republic

References

External links

Official website

Magazine about life in Dubnica and Nová Dubnica
Cities and towns in Slovakia Villages and municipalities in Ilava District {{Trenčín-geo-stub