Sučany ( hu, Szucsány, (til 1895) Szucsán, pl, Suczany) 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 ...

Martin District Martin District (''okres Martin'') is a district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. Its main cultural, economic and administrative seat is the city of Martin. Martin District is one of the most important cultural centers in Slovakia. The ci ...

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 ...

. It is located around 5 km northeast of

Martin Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austral ...

, in the

Váh The Váh (; german: Waag, ; hu, Vág; pl, WagWag
w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów ...

river valley.

History

In historical records the

was first mentioned in 1258.

Geography

The

lies at an

altitude Altitude or height (also sometimes known as depth) is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context ...

of 393 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 33.264 km². 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 4,644 people.

Notable people

Natives

* , hu, bedeghi Nyáry Lőrinc (15171558/59), castle captain, Governor of the

Hont County Hont County was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller southern portion is part of Hungary. Today, in Slovakia Hont is the informal designation of the corres ...

, Crown guardian * , hu, (Sinapius, Synapius) Horcsicska Dániel (16401688), baroque writer, poet, dramatist, composer of hymns and evangelical Protestant preacher * (18251849), a volunteer officer, participant in the Revolution of 184849, executed in Körmöcbánya * , hu, Hodzsa Milán (18781944), Slovak politician, statesman and publicist, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1935–1938) * (18921957), General of the Slovak Army during the Second World War * (19081985), lawyer and music composer * (s) Rudolf Petrák (19171972), opera singer (tenor) * (19201945), editor and Resistance member * (19211985), novelist and journalist * (* 1948), architect and development planner * (s) Martin Ďurík (* 1990), music producer

Active here

* (1737, Szakolca (

Skalica Skalica (german: Skalitz, hu, Szakolca, Latin: ''Sakolcium'') is the largest town in Skalica District in western Slovakia in the Záhorie region. Located near the Czech border, Skalica has a population of around 15,000. Etymology The name is deri ...

)1802), poet,

Protestant priest Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

and teacher * (1819, Raksa (Kisraksa, Rakša)1888), Protestant priest, national cultural worker, and church dignitary * (1897, Alsókubin (Dolný Kubín)1965), politician and economic worker * (1903, Mossóc (Moschitz,

Mošovce Mošovce ( hu, Mosóc) is one of the largest villages in the historical region of Turiec, currently in the Turčianske Teplice District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History Many preserved historical buildings are the evidence of th ...

)1979), officer and Resistance member

Twin towns — sister cities

Sučany is twinned with: *

Fulnek Fulnek () is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative par ...

, Czech Republic

Gallery

File:Sučany 9787.jpg, Assumption of Virgin Mary Church File:Sučany20.JPG, Protestant church File:Sučany 9786.jpg, Train station File:Sučany 9820.jpg, Hydroelectric power plant

References

External links

Official website
Villages and municipalities in Martin District {{Žilina-geo-stub