Gbely

Geobox|Settlement
name = Gbely
category = Town
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image_caption = Church in Gbely


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country = Slovakia
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region = Trnava
district = Skalica
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elevation = 190
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lat_d =48 | lat_m =42 | lat_s =58 | lat_NS =N
long_d =17 | long_m =07 | long_s =20 | long_EW =E
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area = 59.945
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population =5149 | population_date = 31 December 2005
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established =1392
established_type = First mentioned
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mayor = Jozef Hazlinger
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map_caption = Location of Gbely in Slovakia
map_background = Slovakia - background map.png map_locator = Slovakia
map1 =Trnava Region - outline map.svg
map1_caption = Location of Gbely in the Trnava Region
map1_background = Trnava Region - background map.png map1_locator = Trnava Region
map1_size = 160
commons = Gbely
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven420206&lstObec504351&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = http://www.gbely.sk
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Gbely (German and Hungarian: "Egbell") is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia, close to the Czech border.

History

The first written record about Gbely was in 1392. It gained town rights in the 16th–17th centuries. In 1912, petroleum was discovered and exhausting started in 1914.

Geography

Gbely lies at an altitude of convert|190|m|ft|0 above sea level and covers an area of convert|59.945|km2|sqmi|1|lk=on. It is located in the Záhorie region, in the Chvojnická pahorkatina hills, around convert|20|km|mi|0 from the district seat Skalica and convert|75|km|mi|0 the Slovak capital Bratislava.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 5,223 inhabitants. 97.09% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.26% Czechs and 0.96% Roma.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2008-02-05] The religious make-up was 83.40% Roman Catholics, 14.57% people with no religious affiliation and 0.69% Lutherans.

Partner towns

* Židlochovice, Czech Republic
* Deutsch Wagram, Austria

References

External links

* [http://www.gbely.sk Town website] sk icon