| Žiar nad Hronom | |
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Aluminium processing plant in Žiar nad Hronom
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| Country | Slovakia |
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| Region | Banská Bystrica |
| District | Žiar nad Hronom |
| Tourism region | Pohronie |
| River | Hron |
| Elevation | 265 m (869 ft) |
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| Area | 39.06 km2 (15.08 sq mi) |
| Population | 19,750 (31 December 2005) |
| Density | 506 / km2 (1,311 / sq mi) |
| First mentioned | 1075 |
| Mayor | Ivan Černaj (independent) |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 965 01 |
| Area code | +421-45 |
| Car plate | ZH |
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Location of Žiar nad Hronom in Slovakia
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Location of Žiar nad Hronom in the Banská Bystrica Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Žiar nad Hronom | |
| Statistics: MOŠ/MIS | |
| Website: www.ziar.sk | |
Žiar nad Hronom (German: Heiligenkreuz, Hungarian: Garamszentkereszt, until 1920 Svätý Kríž and until 1955 Svätý Kríž nad Hronom) is a town in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia.
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It is located in the Žiar Basin, on the Hron river, around 40 km from Banská Bystrica and 170 km from Bratislava. In addition to the main settlement with in 1969 annexed Horné Opatovce village, the town also has "parts" of Šášovské Podhradie (annexed 1971)
The first written record about area was in 1075 in a document of Benedictine abbey in Hronský Beňadik. A settlement with name Cristur was first mentioned in 1237, which became a town in 1246. The town was renamed from Svätý Kríž nad Hronom to its current name in 1955.
The main employer is the metallurgy factory company Slovalco, formerly called Závody Slovenského národného povstania ("Slovak National Uprising Works"), built in the 1950s.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 19,945 inhabitants. 94.27% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.97% Roma, 0.95% Czechs and 0.69% Hungarians.[1] The religious make-up was 62.07% Roman Catholics, 25.54% people with no religious affiliation and 3.19% Lutherans.[1]
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