Petrovice () is a village and municipality in
Bytča District
Bytča District (''okres Bytča'') is a district in
the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. The district had been first established in 1923 and in its current borders exists from 1996. Its administrative center is its largest town Bytča. The distr ...
in the
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region (; ; ) is one of the eight Regions of Slovakia, Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts (okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region was established in 1923, however, in its p ...
of northern
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1312.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of and covers an area of and has a population of about 1,500 people.
References
Villages and municipalities in Bytča District
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