Nováky
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| Nováky | |
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| Coat-of-arms N/A | |
| Region (kraj) | Trenčín Region |
| District (okres) | Prievidza District |
| Location | |
| Altitude | 244 m |
| Population | 4,402 (as of 2005) |
| Area | 19.37 km² |
| Time Zone • Summer DST |
CET: UTC+1 CEST: UTC+2 |
| Telephone prefix | +421-46 |
| Postal code | 972XX |
| Car registration plate | PD |
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Nováky is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in western Slovakia. Near the town is Nováky Power Plant, a thermal power plant.
The town is one of the centres of brown coal mining in Slovakia.[1]
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[edit] Geography
The town is located in the upper Nitra River valley region, about 10 km from Prievidza.
[edit] History
The first written record about Nováky was in 1113. It has town status since 1961.
[edit] References
- ^ Jonathan Reuvid (2005), Doing Business with Slovakia, ISBN 1905050690
[edit] External links
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Bojnice | Handlová | Nováky | Prievidza |
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