Vráble

Geobox | Settlement
name = Vráble
category = Town


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country = Slovakia
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region = Nitra
district = Nitra
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parent = Tekov
parent_type = Tourism region
river = Žitava
location =
elevation = 142
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 14
lat_s = 27
lat_NS = N
long_d = 18
long_m = 18
long_s = 31
long_EW = E
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area = 38.31
area_round = 2
population = 9390
population_date = 2006
population_density = auto
established = 1265
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Tibor Tóth
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statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven420403&lstObec500933&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = [http://www.vrable.sk www.vrable.sk]
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Vráble ( _hu. Verebély) is a town in the Nitra District, Nitra Region, western Slovakia.

Geography

It is located in the Danubian Hills on the Žitava river, about 20 km south-east-east from Nitra. The cadastral area of the town has an altitude from 140 to 240 m ASL. There's a small dam called "Vodná nádrž Vráble" west of the town.

The town has three parts: Vráble proper, and the former villages of Dyčka and Horný Ohaj (both annexed 1975).

History

The oldest evidence of the settlement of Vráble comes from the Neolithic age (6000-2000 BC). The first written reference is from 1265 as "Verebel". In Vráble, there was the oldest post-station. The city kept an agricultural character in the 19th and 20th centuries. Economic development has influenced the architecture of the city. After break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918, the town became part of Czechoslovakia and received status of the district capital (until 1960). After the First Vienna Award, the town was from 1938 to 1945 part of Hungary.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 9,493 inhabitants. 93.32% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 4.69% Hungarians, 0.78% Roma and 0.55% Czechs.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-12-15] The religious make-up was 88.41% Roman Catholics, 8.53% people with no religious affiliation and 0.62% Lutherans.

Archaeological site

The largest urban agglomeration of the Bronze Age Europe was found in Vráble. [ [http://www.sme.sk/c/3234127/Vrable-su-unikatom-Stareho-kontinentu.html SME.sk | Vráble sú unikátom Starého kontinentu ] ] The area of 20 hectares makes it larger than the contemporary Mycenae and Troy. A settlement was inhabited by about 1,000 people and buildings were built around streets. Three ditches strengthened the fortifications. The site is also the northernmost known tell in Central Europe. The settlement was attributed to the Maďarovce culture.

References

External links

* [http://www.vrable.sk Official website] sk icon