Partizánske

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name = Partizánske
category = Town
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image_caption = Aerial view of the old part of Partizánske

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country = Slovakia
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region = Trenčín
district = Partizánske
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parent = Horná Nitra
parent_type = Tourism region
river = Nitra
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elevation = 195
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long_d =18 | long_m =22 | long_s =22 | long_EW =E
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area = 22.375
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population =24340 | population_date = 2006-12-31
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mayor = Ján Podmanický
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map_caption = Location in Slovakia
map_background = Slovakia - background map.png map_locator = Slovakia
map1 = Trenčín Region - outline map.svg
map1_caption = Location in the Trenčín Region
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commons = Partizánske
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven420305&lstObec505315&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = http://www.partizanske.sk
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Partizánske (Audio|Sk-Partizanske.ogg|pronunciation; meaning approximately "partisan town" earlier:Šimonovany is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia.

Geography

It is located in the northern part of the Danubian Hills around 55 km from Nitra, on the Nitra River, near the Tribeč mountains.

History

Partizánske is a relatively young town. Its history starts in 1938–1939, when the Bata Shoes company built a shoe factory in the cadastral area of Šimonovany municipality. The newly created settlement for workers carried the name of Baťovany and was part of Šimonovany. With the growth of the factory, so grew the settlement. The whole municipality was renamed to Baťovany in 1948 and given town status. As a sign of recognition of local inhabitants fighting in the Slovak National Uprising, the town was renamed Partizánske on 9 February 1949. [http://www.partizanske.sk/main.php?id_menu=1629&firmy_slovenska_
] The factory was renamed by communists to "Závody 29. augusta" (29 August works) and it produced 30 million pairs of shoes and employed around 10,000 people. [cite news|url=http://www.slovakspectator.sk/clanok.asp?cl=28590 |title=Shoemaking: A troubled business|work=The Slovak Spectator|date=2007-08-06|author=Michaela Stanková|accessdate=2008-02-23] However, after a failed privatisation in the 1990s, only fraction is left now.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 24,907 inhabitants. 97.71% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.69% Czechs and 0.35% Roma.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-12-13] The religious makeup was 73.88% Roman Catholics, 18.07% people with no religious affiliation, and 2.95% Lutherans.

References

External links

[http://www.partizanske.sk/ Website of town Partizánske]