Červený Kameň
| Červený Kameň | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Ilava | ||
| Region : | Stredné Považie | ||
| Area : | 32.586 km² | ||
| Residents : | 686 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 21 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 361 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 018 56 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 42 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 5 ' N , 18 ° 11' E | ||
| License plate : | IL | ||
| Kód obce : | 512931 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Alena Geregová | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Červený Kameň 226 018 56 Červený Kameň |
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| Website: | www.cervenykamen.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Červený Kameň (until 1927 also "Červeňkameň" in Slovak; German Rotenstein or Rothenstein , Hungarian Vöröskő ) is a place and a municipality in northwestern Slovakia , with 686 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), in the Okres Ilava (part of the Trenčiansky kraj ) lies.
geography
The municipality is located in the northern part of the White Carpathians in the valley of the same name by the Tovarský creek . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 361 m nm at the lower end of the municipality, further up the valley in the mountains are the hamlets of Trokanovo, Nebrová and Zápechová, where there is a small border crossing to Nedašova Lhota in the Czech Republic . The nearest towns are Ilava , 14 kilometers south and Púchov , 20 kilometers east (distances via the road network).
Above the main town is the protected natural formation Bradlo, a rock, the color of which gives the municipality its name.
history
The place is first mentioned in writing in 1354 as Wereskew .
Attractions
- baroque Virgin Mary Church from 1796
Personalities
- Johann Pálffy (1664–1751), imperial field marshal, Ban of Croatia and Palatine of Hungary
