Teplička nad Váhom ( hu, Vágtapolca) is a village and municipality 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 ri ...

in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1267. The village was the birthplace of the Hungarian noble Zsófia Bosnyák ( sk, Žofia Bosniaková), who is the unofficial patron saint of Teplička nad Váhom.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 356 metres and covers an area of 10.880 km². It has a population of about 4231 people.

External links

*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Žilina District {{Žilina-geo-stub