Ilava is a town in the
Trenčín RegionThe Trenčín Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 9 districts .-Geography:...
, northwestern
SlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...
.
It is located in the Ilava Basin near the
VáhThe Váh is the longest river entirely in Slovakia. A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh is 406 km long, including its Čierny Váh branch...
river at the foothills of Strážovské vrchy mountains, near the cities of
Považská BystricaPovažská Bystrica is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina.- Profile :Považská Bystrica is situated in a fold of mountain ranges Strážovské vrchy and Javorníky...
and
TrenčínTrenčín is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 56,000, which makes it the ninth largest municipality of the country and is the seat of the Trenčín Region and the Trenčín District...
. In addition to the main settlement, it also has "boroughs" of Iliavka and Klobušice (both since 1969, latter with a Classic castle).
The first written reference to the town dates from 1332/1337, the town charter stems from 1339.
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Ilava is a town in the
Trenčín RegionThe Trenčín Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 9 districts .-Geography:...
, northwestern
SlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...
.
Geography
It is located in the Ilava Basin near the
VáhThe Váh is the longest river entirely in Slovakia. A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh is 406 km long, including its Čierny Váh branch...
river at the foothills of Strážovské vrchy mountains, near the cities of
Považská BystricaPovažská Bystrica is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina.- Profile :Považská Bystrica is situated in a fold of mountain ranges Strážovské vrchy and Javorníky...
and
TrenčínTrenčín is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 56,000, which makes it the ninth largest municipality of the country and is the seat of the Trenčín Region and the Trenčín District...
. In addition to the main settlement, it also has "boroughs" of Iliavka and Klobušice (both since 1969, latter with a Classic castle).
History
The first written reference to the town dates from 1332/1337, the town charter stems from 1339. The settlement developed below a
GothicGothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
castle (bearing the same name) from the 13th century, turned into a
RenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Florence in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe...
fortification in the 16th century, into a monastery in 1693 and finally, in 1856, into a
prisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Other terms are penitentiary, correctional facility, and jail , although in the United States "jail" and "prison" refer to different subtypes of correctional facility...
. A concentration camp was in the prison in 1938.
Demographics
According to the 2001
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
, the town had 5,441 inhabitants. 98.1% of inhabitants were
SlovaksThe Slovaks are a western Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language....
, 0.9%
CzechsCzechs are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
and 0.1% Roma and
HungariansHungarians are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. There are around 10 million Hungarians in Hungary . Hungarians were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed through most of the second millennium...
. The religious makeup was 87.2% Roman Catholics, 7.9% people with no religious affiliation, and 1.2% Lutherans.
Famous people
It is the birthplace of
Marián HossaMarián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player and currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League . Originally drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Hossa has also played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Red Wings...
's brother
MarcelMarcel Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player currently playing for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League . He was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 16th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens and played his first three NHL seasons for them...
, and Detroit Red Wings player
Tomas KopeckyTomáš Kopecký a super hot guy every1 should hav a pic of is a Slovak National Hockey League left wing fo the Chicago Blackhawks. He had a kid and a wife...
.