Stará Turá

Geobox | settlement
name = Stará Turá
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category = Town
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image_caption = A church in Stará Turá


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country = Slovakia
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state =
region = Trenčín
district = Nové Mesto nad Váhom
municipality =
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location =
elevation = 279
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 46
lat_s = 36
lat_NS = N
long_d = 17
long_m = 41
long_s = 46
long_EW = E
coordinates_type = region:SK_type:city
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lowest =
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area = 50.942
area_round = 3
population = 10003
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
established = 1392
established_type = First mentioned
date =
mayor = Anna Halinárová
timezone =

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map_background = Slovakia - background map.png map_caption = Location of Stará Turá in Slovakia
map_locator = Slovakia
map1 = Trenčín Region - outline map.svg
map1_background = Trenčín Region - background map.png map1_caption = Location of Stará Turá in the Trenčín Region
map1_locator = Trenčín Region
map1_size = 200
commons = Stará Turá
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven420304&lstObec506524&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = [http://www.staratura.sk/ www.staratura.sk]
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Stará Turá ( _de. Alt-Turn, _hu. Ótura) is a town in the Trenčín Region in western Slovakia.

Geography

It is located in the Myjava Hills close to the Little Carpathians as well as the White Carpathians. It is situated 11 km from Nové Mesto nad Váhom and around 105 km from Bratislava and has a population of 10,005 (2005) with an area of 50.942 km².

History

The first written record about Stará Turá was in 1392, as a village belonging to the Čachtice Castle. It was part of it until feudalism ceased to exist in the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1467, Matthias Corvinus promoted Stará Turá to the servile town (oppidum), boosting the town's economy. In 1848, the town was nearly destroyed by fire.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 10,291 inhabitants. 97.4% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.7% Czechs and 0.2% Roma.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-12-09] The religious make-up was 45.5% Lutherans, 27.3% Roman Catholics and 23.6% people with no religious affiliation.

References

External links

* [http://www.staratura.sk Town website]