Dolné Vestenice

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Dolné Vestenice
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Dolné Vestenice (Slovakia)
Dolné Vestenice
Dolné Vestenice
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Trenčiansky kraj
Okres : Prievidza
Region : Horná Nitra
Area : 13.836 km²
Residents : 2,560 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 185 inhabitants per km²
Height : 228  m nm
Postal code : 972 23
Telephone code : 0 46
Geographic location : 48 ° 42 '  N , 18 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 42 '18 "  N , 18 ° 23' 56"  E
License plate : PD
Kód obce : 513989
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Kvetoslava Šimorová
Address: Obecný úrad Dolné Vestenice
Záhumenská 74
972 23 Dolné Vestenice
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Dolné Vestenice (German Unterwestenitz , Hungarian Alsóvesztény - until 1907 Alsóvesztenic ) is a place and a municipality in the Okres Prievidza of the Trenčiansky kraj in the west-center of Slovakia , with 2560 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) .

geography

church

The municipality is located in the Hornonitrianska kotlina basin on the southern slope of the Strážovské vrchy mountains on the right bank of the Nitrica river . Dolné Vestenice is on main road 50 , between Prievidza , 20 kilometers to the east and Bánovce nad Bebravou , 14 kilometers to the west.

history

The municipality was already settled in the 11th century, but the first written mention comes from the year 1349, when the place is mentioned as Wezthernicz Inferior . The area belonged to the Skačany estate , and from 1777 to the Neutra Chapter. A factory for the manufacture of walking sticks, hats and carpets was established here in 1892.

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