Lopušné Pažite () is a

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and

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in the

Kysucké Nové Mesto District Kysucké Nové Mesto District (''okres Kysucké Nové Mesto'') is a district in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia, in the Kysuce region. It is entirely surrounded by the Žilina and Čadca districts. Apart from the city districts in ...

in the

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of northern

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. Lopušné Pažite was created by merging the former villages of Lopušná and Pažite in 1946.

History

Because Lopušné Pažite was merged from two towns, their origins also begin separately. The first mention of the older village Lopušné was in 1572. At that time, the village belonged to the Budatín estate and had one taxed and two untaxed

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with one

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and was based on

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. In 1598, the village grew to 7 houses. In 1720, the village grew to 9 taxpayers and jailers. Lastly in 1828;

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, and

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became the primary economic focus of the town, and the village had grown to 24 houses and 236 inhabitants. The village of Pažite on is first mentioned in 1662 as a manor, belonging to the Strepnian estate. In 1784,

became the primary economic focus of the village, also containing 15 houses, 16 families and 92 inhabitants. The village church belonged to the parish of

Horný Vadičov Horný Vadičov () is a village and municipality in the Kysucké Nové Mesto District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History Due to the village's ancient history, it is difficult to determine exactly when modern Horný Vadičov w ...

. Following

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in 1946, Lopušné Pažite was created by merging the former villages of Lopušná and Pažite.

Geography

The village is located in the central part of the Kysucká Highlands in the valley of the Vadičov brook. It has forests on the perimeter, the central and eastern areas of the village are mainly deforested.

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is the most common soil type. The village also lies at an

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of 675 metres and covers an

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of 4.267 km².

References

Cities and towns in Slovakia Villages and municipalities in Kysucké Nové Mesto District Populated places established in 1946 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopusne Pazite

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