Prievidza

Geobox | Settlement
name = Prievidza
category = City

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image_caption = Trinity monument in Prievidza


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country = Slovakia
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region = Trenčín
district = Prievidza
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parent = Horná Nitra
parent_type = Tourism region
river = Nitra
location =
elevation = 280
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 46
lat_s = 16
lat_NS = N
long_d = 18
long_m = 37
long_s = 18
long_EW = E
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area = 43.063
area_round = 3
population = 51201
population_date = 2006-12-31
population_density = auto
established = 1113
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Ján Bodnár
timezone =

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map1_background = Trenčín Region - background map.png map1_caption = Location in the Trenčín Region
map1_locator = Trenčín Region
commons = Prievidza
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven420307&lstObec513881&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = [http://www.prievidza.sk www.prievidza.sk]
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Prievidza (Audio|Prievidza.ogg|pronunciation; _hu. Privigye, _de. Priwitz) is a city in the central-western Slovakia. With 51,200 inhabitants it is one of the biggest municipalities in the Trenčín Region.

Features

Prievidza is a centre for many institutions of regional importance - governmental as well as commercial. It is commonly called the "green city". The most prominent sporting clubs include the Prievidza Football Club and the Ice Hockey Club, both of which compete in the appropriate second national leagues.

Prievidza has 6 boroughs: "Staré mesto" (Old Town in English), "Píly", "Necpaly", "Kopanice", "Zápotôčky" and "Žabník" and there are three adjoining villages that are an administrative part of Prievidza: "Hradec", "Malá Lehôtka" and "Veľká Lehôtka".

History

The city was first mentioned in 1113 as "Preuigan". It was promoted to a royal free town in 1383. Since the 16th century, craftsmanship was developing in Prievidza. From the 16th to the first third of the 17th century, the Thurzo family controlled the town. Ottomans approached Prievidza from the south and burned it in 1599, along with other towns in the upper Nitra river valley. During the Kuruc uprising in 1673, Prievidza was burned down again, with fire burning a part of town's archives. In 1870, it had 2,719 inhabitants. Since the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, industry started to grow, as the railways to Prievidza were constructed. During the World War II, the city was one of the centres of partisans. Since the end of war, the population grew enormously from 5,000 inhabitants to around 53,000 inhabitants, as the industry grew. Prievidza became the home of many miners and workers that found employment in the coal mines, the power station and the chemical factory in the nearby town of Nováky.

Geography

Prievidza lies at an altitude of convert|280|m|ft|0 above sea level and covers an area of convert|43.06|km2|sqmi|1.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | date = | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2008-01-22] The city is situated very near the smaller but more famous town of Bojnice, actually sharing the public transport system. The valley of the Nitra River, in which the city lies, is surrounded by mountain ranges on all sides, in the west Strážov Mountains, in the north Malá Fatra, in the east Žiar and in the south Vtáčnik. Prievidza is the eleventh largest city in Slovakia. It is located around convert|60|km|mi|0 south of Žilina, convert|69|km|mi|0 km east of the regional capital Trenčín and convert|158|km|mi|0 km from Bratislava (by road).

Climate

Prievidza lies in the north temperate zone and has a continental climate with four distinct seasons. It is characterized by a significant variation between hot summers and cold, snowy winters.Infobox Weather
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publisher = MSN ]
accessdate = 2008-01-22

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 53,097 inhabitants. 96.65% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.95% Czechs, 0.48% Hungarian and 0.29% Roma and Germans.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 61.91% Roman Catholics, 29.01% people with no religious affiliation and 2.29% Lutherans.

Partner towns

* Ibbenbüren, Germany
* Šumperk, Czech Republic
* Luserna San Giovanni, Italy
* Valjevo, Serbia

References

External links

* [http://www.prievidza.sk Official website of Prievidza with information in Slovak]