Ilava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia
🇸🇰 Ilava is a town in the Trenčín Region, north-western Slovakia.
Name The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were Lewe, Lewa (the same historic name as Levice), Lewa de cidca fluviom Vag, later Ilava. The form Illava is known from the 19th century and was used after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
Geography It is located in the Ilava Basin near the Váh river at the foothills of Strážovské vrchy mountains, near the cities of Považská Bystrica and Trenčín. 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 Gothic castle (bearing the same name) from the 13th century, turned into a Renaissance fortification in the 16th century, into a monastery in 1693 and finally, in 1856, into a prison. A concentration camp was in the prison in 1938.
In 1431 the Battle of Ilava was fought between the Hussites and Hungarians.
Demographics According to the 2001 census, 98.1% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.9% Czechs and 0.1% Roma and Hungarians. The religious makeup was 87.2% Roman Catholics, 7.9% people with no religious affiliation, and 1.2% Lutherans.
Europe/Bratislava/Trencin
Ilava has a population of over 5,441 people. Ilava also forms the centre of the wider Ilava District which has a population of over 61,048 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Ilava has links with:
🇭🇺 Győr, Hungary 🇨🇿 Klimkovice, Czech Republic 🇵🇱 Mikołów, Poland🇫🇷 Mantes-la-Jolie 48.99
🇩🇪 Regensburg 49.015
🇩🇪 Weißenburg in Bayern 49.017
🇺🇦 Horishni Plavni 49.017
🇨🇿 České Budějovice 48.976
🇫🇷 Deuil-la-Barre 48.976
🇫🇷 Châlons-en-Champagne 48.956
🇫🇷 Épinay-sur-Seine 48.955
🇫🇷 Villepinte 48.955
🇺🇦 Syeverodonets'k 48.949
🇫🇷 Argenteuil 48.942
🇵🇱 Inowrocław 18.256
🇵🇱 Strzelce Opolskie 18.283
🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 18.348
🇧🇦 Istočno Sarajevo 18.35
Locations Near: Ilava 18.2333,48.9833
🇸🇰 Trenčín 18.033,48.883 d: 18.4
🇸🇰 Považská Bystrica 18.442,49.116 d: 21.2
🇸🇰 Prievidza 18.622,48.773 d: 36.8
🇸🇰 Piešťany 17.83,48.594 d: 52.4
🇨🇿 Nový Jičín 18,49.583 d: 68.8
Antipodal to: Ilava -161.767,-48.983
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16696.9
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16349.5
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16070.7
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16000.8
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12346.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12246.5
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12231.2
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12227.6