Svit

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Svit
Coat-of-arms N/A
Region (kraj)	Prešov Region
District (okres)	Poprad District
Location	49°03′57″N, 20°11′14″E
Altitude	763 m
Population	7,460 (as of 2004)
Area	4.506 km²
Time Zone • Summer DST	CET: UTC+1 CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix	+421-52
Postal code	05921
Car registration plate	PP

For the Indian college, see Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology

Svit is a small town and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region in northern Slovakia. It lies 4 km west of the town of Poprad, in the High Tatra Mountains.

Svit is one of the youngest Slovak towns. It was established in 1934 by Bata Shoes Company in accordance with the company policy to set up villages around the factories for the workers. Svit is short for "Slovenské vizkózové továrne" (in English Slovak Viscous Works). Svit is the smallest town in Slovakia (4.5 km²) with the population of 7,400.

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Official website of Svit (in Slovak language only)

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