Nové Mesto nad Váhom

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Nové Mesto nad Váhom
Coat-of-arms N/A
Region (kraj) Trenčín Region
District (okres) Nové Mesto nad Váhom District
Location 48°45′17″N, 17°49′51″E
Altitude 198 m
Population 21,327 (as of 2002)
Area 32.58 km²
Time Zone
• Summer DST
CET: UTC+1
CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix +421-32
Postal code 915XX
Car registration plate NM
Nové Mesto nad Váhom location map

Nové Mesto nad Váhom (German: Neustadt an der Waag / Neustadtl, Hungarian: Vágújhely) is a town in the Trenčín Region of Slovakia, situated 27 km from Trenčín, near the Váh river. It has a population of 21,327.

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Lands in the place of today's Nové Mesto nad Váhom were inhabitated in the prehistoric ages, as many artefacts from the Stone and Bronze ages were discovered. In the local part Mnešice a prehistoric settlement was discovered.

The first written record about Nové Mesto nad Váhom was in 1253, when king Bela IV of Hungary granted freedoms for the loyalty during the Mongol invasions.

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edit Municipalities of Nové Mesto nad Váhom District Flag of Slovakia

Nové Mesto nad Váhom | Stará Turá
Beckov | Bošáca | Brunovce | Bzince pod Javorinou | Čachtice | Častkovce | Dolné Srnie | Haluzice | Horná Streda | Hôrka nad Váhom | Hrádok | Hrachovište | Kálnica | Kočovce | Lubina | Lúka | Modrová | Modrovka | Moravské Lieskové | Nová Bošáca | Nová Lehota | Nová Ves nad Váhom | Očkov | Pobedim | Podolie | Potvorice | Považany | Stará Lehota | Trenčianske Bohuslavice | Vaďovce | Višňové | Zemianske Podhradie


Coordinates: 48°45′N, 17°50′E