Belá (Žilina)

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Belá
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Belá (Slovakia)
Belá
Belá
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Žilinský kraj
Okres : Žilina
Region : Severné Považie
Area : 38.610 km²
Residents : 3,380 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 88 inhabitants per km²
Height : 453  m nm
Postal code : 013 05
Telephone code : 0 41
Geographic location : 49 ° 14 '  N , 18 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '23 "  N , 18 ° 56' 34"  E
License plate : ZA
Kód obce : 517429
structure
Community type : local community
Structure of the municipality: 2 districts
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Matúš Krajči
Address: Obecný úrad Belá
Oslobodenia 183
013 05 Belá
Website: www.bela.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Belá (until 1927 in Slovak "Belá pri Varíne"; Hungarian Bella ) is a place and a municipality in the Okres Žilina of the Žilinský kraj in northern Slovakia . The number of inhabitants on December 31, 2009 was 3,011 people.

geography

The place in winter

The municipality is located at the eastern end of the Žilinská kotlina ("Silleiner Basin") between the Little Fatra in the south and the Kysucká vrchovina in the north, at the confluence of the Beliansky potok and Varínka brooks , the latter of which flows into the Waag a few kilometers west . The center of the village, at an altitude of 453  m nm , is 18 kilometers from Žilina and the place is on the national road 583.

The district Kubíková, which is on the way to Stará Bystrica , also belongs to the municipality .

history

The place is first mentioned in writing in 1378 as Bela .

Culture

See also:  List of listed objects in Belá

Web links

Commons : Belá (Žilina)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files