Senec, Slovakia

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Senec (Hungarian: Szenc) is a town in the Bratislava Region of south-western Slovakia. It is a well known summer tourism and recreation center. The town is attractive not only because of the proximity of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, but also because of the healthy environment and Slnečné jazerá ("Sunny Lakes").

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 External links

[edit] History

The actual name Senec, used since the first half of the 20th century, is derived from the historic names Zemch and Szempc. A German historic name was Wartberg. Senec is a capital of a district since 1996 (as it had been betweeen 1949 and 1960).

[edit] Geography

Senec is situated at about 48°13′8″N, 17°23′59″E, in Podunajská nížina, on the boundary line of Podunajská rovina and Podunajská pahorkatina. The town is 27 km far from the Austrian boundary (frontier crossing at Kittsee), and 28 km far from the border with Hungary (frontier crossing at Rajka). Vienna (90 km), Budapest (230 km) and Prague (350 km) are the nearest European cities.

The Town is located 25 kilometres north-east from Bratislava, 126 m above sea level. It has good access to the Highway D1 from Bratislava to Žilina, and is situated on the significant European railway route Prague-Bratislava-Balkans/Orient.

The town consists of four districts (Senec, Svätý Martin, Červený majer and Horný dvor).

[edit] Demographics

In 2001 14,673 permanent residents lived in Senec and the population density is 379/km². Accordingly, Senec ranks at the 55th place among 138 Slovak cities and towns. Following the age, 67.5% inhabitants are in the productive age (men 15-59 years old, women 15-54 years old). 75% occupants acknowledged Slovak nationality and 22% Hungarian nationality. The Roman Catholic Church dominates with 71.7% within the religious structure. The Protestant Church with 8.45% is the second largest Church. The residents without faith represent 12.89%. In education, technical and secondary schools without the General Certificate of Education dominate with 27.91%. In 2001 graduates represented 11.17% share of Senec residents.

[edit] External links

• Official municipal website of Senec

edit	Municipalities of Senec District
Senec Bernolákovo | Blatné | Boldog | Čataj | Dunajská Lužná | Hamuliakovo | Hrubá Borša | Hrubý Šúr | Hurbanova Ves | Chorvátsky Grob | Igram | Ivanka pri Dunaji | Kalinkovo | Kaplná | Kostolná pri Dunaji | Kráľová pri Senci | Malinovo | Miloslavov | Most pri Bratislave | Nová Dedinka | Reca | Rovinka | Tomášov | Tureň | Veľký Biel | Vlky | Zálesie