Kunerad
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Žilinský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Žilina | ||
| Region : | Severné Považie | ||
| Area : | 22.937 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,029 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 45 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 494 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 013 13 (post office Rajecké Teplice ) | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 41 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 6 ' N , 18 ° 43' E | ||
| License plate : | ZA | ||
| Kód obce : | 517721 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Monika Kavecká | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Kunerad 60 013 13 Kunerad |
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| Website: | www.obeckunerad.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Kunerad (Slovak until 1927 Kunerád ; Hungarian Kenyered - until 1907 Kunyerad ) is a municipality in northern Slovakia with 1,029 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) in Okres Žilina , a district of Žilinský kraj .
geography
The village of Kunerad is located in the southwestern part of the Žilinská kotlina basin on the Kuneradsky creek in the shadow of the Little Fatra . In the approximately 23 km² large community area there are brown forest soils, forest only grows in the Little Fatra. The center of the village lies at an altitude of 494 m nm and is four kilometers from Rajecké Teplice and 18 kilometers south of Žilina .
history
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1490 as Hynyarad . In the Middle Ages the place was a single settlement of the neighboring village Kamenná Poruba .
In 1828 there are 33 houses and 309 inhabitants and the population lived from agriculture, cattle breeding and the local quarry.
population
Results after the 2001 census (908 inhabitants):
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Buildings
- Roman Catholic Church of Exaltation of the Cross, completed in 1990
- Kunerad Castle (in Slovak Kuneradský zámok ) in Art Nouveau style above the village in the Little Fatra. Built in 1916 as a hunting lodge by the Prussian Junker Ballestrem, set on fire by Nazi troops in 1944 after the palace was the seat of a partisan brigade during the SNP . Reconditioned in 1959 and dedicated as a sanatorium to the Rajecké Teplice Spa. The castle has been privately owned since 1989 and is currently unused.
