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Myjava () is a town in Trencín Region
Trencín Region

The Trenc?n Region is one of the eight Regions of Slovakia. It consists of 9 districts ....
, Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
.

s located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians
White Carpathians

The White Carpathians is the westernmost mountain range of the Carpathian Mountains. They are part of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians and are situated on the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
 and not far from the Little Carpathians
Little Carpathians

The Little Carpathians are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nov? Mesto nad V?hom, and a very small part called Hundsheimer Berge is situated in northeastern Austria....
. The Myjava River
Myjava River

The Myjava River is a river in western Slovakia and for a small part in the Czech Republic and left tributary of the Morava River.It rises in the White Carpathians near the village of Nov? Lhota in Moravia, but crosses Czech-Slovak border shortly afterwards and flows in southern direction until the town of Myjava, where it enters the Myjava...
 flows through the town. It is 10 km away from the Czech
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 border, 35 km from Skalica
Skalica

Skalica is the largest city in Skalica District in western Slovakia in the Z?horie region. Located near the Czech Republic border, Skalica has a population of 14,963 as of 2005....
 and 100 km from Bratislava
Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 427,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River....
.

settlement was established in 1586 and was colonized by two groups of inhabitants: refugees fleeing from the Ottomans in southern Slovakia and inhabitants from north-western and northern Slovakia.






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Myjava () is a town in Trencín Region
Trencín Region

The Trenc?n Region is one of the eight Regions of Slovakia. It consists of 9 districts ....
, Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
.

Geography

It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians
White Carpathians

The White Carpathians is the westernmost mountain range of the Carpathian Mountains. They are part of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians and are situated on the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
 and not far from the Little Carpathians
Little Carpathians

The Little Carpathians are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nov? Mesto nad V?hom, and a very small part called Hundsheimer Berge is situated in northeastern Austria....
. The Myjava River
Myjava River

The Myjava River is a river in western Slovakia and for a small part in the Czech Republic and left tributary of the Morava River.It rises in the White Carpathians near the village of Nov? Lhota in Moravia, but crosses Czech-Slovak border shortly afterwards and flows in southern direction until the town of Myjava, where it enters the Myjava...
 flows through the town. It is 10 km away from the Czech
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 border, 35 km from Skalica
Skalica

Skalica is the largest city in Skalica District in western Slovakia in the Z?horie region. Located near the Czech Republic border, Skalica has a population of 14,963 as of 2005....
 and 100 km from Bratislava
Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 427,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River....
.

History

The settlement was established in 1586 and was colonized by two groups of inhabitants: refugees fleeing from the Ottomans in southern Slovakia and inhabitants from north-western and northern Slovakia. During the Revolutions of 1848
Revolutions of 1848

The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the European continent....
, the first Slovak National Council met in the town as a result of the Slovak Uprising. Today, the house of their meeting is now part of the Museum of the Slovak National Councils, a part of the Slovak National Museum
Slovak National Museum

The Slovak National Museum is the most important institution focusing on scientific research and cultural education in the field of museological activity in Slovakia....
 network.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census
Census

A 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....
, the town had 13,142 inhabitants. 95.5% of inhabitants were Slovaks
Slovaks

File:Pribina, Nitra .jpgFile:J?no??k.jpgFile:Slovak USC2000 PHS.svgFile:Madonna in the Slovak national museum.jpgFile:Slovak soldiers on parade, detail.jpg...
, 1.5% Czechs
Czech people

Czechs are a West Slavs people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries....
 and 0.4% Roma. The religious makeup was 51.4% Lutherans, 28.2% people with no religious affiliation and 14.2% Roman Catholics.

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