Nováky

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Coordinates: 48°42′48″N 18°32′22″E / 48.71333, 18.53944

Nováky
Town
A church in Nováky
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Prievidza

River	Nitra

Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Coordinates	48°42′48″N 18°32′22″E / 48.71333, 18.53944

Area	19.293 km² (7 sq mi)

Population	4,424 (31 December 2005)
Density	229 /km² (593 /sq mi)

First mentioned	1113
Mayor	Dušan Šimka

Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	972 71
Phone prefix	421-46
Car plate	PD

Location of Nováky within Slovakia
Location of Nováky in the Trenčín Region
Wikimedia Commons: Nováky
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: http://www.novaky.sk

Nováky (Hungarian: Nyitranovák) is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in western Slovakia. Nováky Power Plant, a thermal power plant is located near the town.

The town is one of the centres of brown coal mining in Slovakia.^[1]

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The town is located in the upper Nitra River valley, between the Vtáčnik and Strážovské vrchy ranges, about 10 km from Prievidza. In 1942, during the reign of the Nazi puppet government of "Independent" Slovakia, nearby barracks were used for the assembly and detention of Slovak Jews from all over the country, pending their deportation to death camps in Poland. The camp was guarded by the Slovak Hlinka Guard militia.

[edit] History

The first written record about Nováky was in 1113 as Nuovac. It has town status since 1961.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 4,402 inhabitants. 97.32% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.89% Czechs, 0.41 Roma and 0.25% Hungarians.^[2] The religious make-up was 75.91% Roman Catholics, 18.06% people with no religious affiliation and 1.57% Lutherans.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Jonathan Reuvid (2005), Doing Business with Slovakia, ISBN 1905050690, <http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1905050690&id=VwA3g4LMEGUC&pg=RA2-PA119&lpg=RA2-PA119&dq=Novaky+coal&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=hu8ncCsRwe_D0DRDLh7CYKvSMQs>
^ ^a ^b Municipal Statistics. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.

[edit] External links

Town website

Nováky brown coal mine

v • d • e Municipalities of Prievidza District

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