Lúky
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Puchov | ||
| Region : | Severné Považie | ||
| Area : | 7.736 km² | ||
| Residents : | 923 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 119 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 345 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 020 55 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 42 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 12 ' N , 18 ° 13' E | ||
| License plate : | PU | ||
| Kód obce : | 513334 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Ján Behro | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Lúky č. 105 020 53 Lúky |
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| Website: | www.obecluky.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Lúky (Hungarian Alsórétfalu - until 1907 Lúki or Luki ) is a municipality in northwestern Slovakia , with 923 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to the Okres Púchov , part of the Trenčiansky kraj .
geography
The municipality is located in the valley of the Biela voda brook on the dividing line between the White Carpathians and the Javorník Mountains , about eight kilometers from the border with the Czech Republic . The center of the village is at an altitude of 345 m nm and is 11 kilometers from Púchov .
Neighboring communities are Lazy pod Makytou in the north, Vydrná in the northeast, Záriečie in the southeast and south, Zubák in the southwest and Lysá pod Makytou in the west.
history
Settlement of today's place goes back to the 13th century, when a church in Romanesque style, probably built in 1228, stood here. The original place including the church was plundered during the Mongol storm in 1241 by the Mongols advancing from the Lisbon Pass .
The rebuilt place Lúky was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1471 as Lwchky or Welyke Lwchky and was then part of the dominion of Lednica Castle . In 1598 the place was called Luky Walachorum because of the Wallachian colonization of the area. In 1828 there were 112 houses and 953 residents who were employed as shepherds and workers in the local sawmill. At the time of the abolition of serfdom in 1848, the owners came from the Erdődy family.
Until 1918 the place in Trenčín County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. In the first Czechoslovak Republic , the inhabitants were farmers, wire ties and basket makers and commuted to southern Slovakia as seasonal workers. There was also a steam bakery and a quarry in the village. In 1937 Lúky was connected to the railway network through the Púchov – Horní Lideč railway . Shortly before the end of World War II, the synagogue built in 1872 was destroyed by the Wehrmacht.
The place name literally means "meadows".
population
According to the 2011 census, 913 inhabitants lived in Lúky, of whom 891 were Slovaks , 7 Czechs and 1 each of Magyars , Moravians and Ukrainians . 12 residents did not provide any information on ethnicity .
619 residents professed to the Roman Catholic Church, 207 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, 3 residents to the Evangelical Methodist Church, 2 residents each to the Greek Catholic Church and the Pentecostal movement and 1 resident to the Jehovah's Witnesses. 34 residents had no denomination and the denomination of 45 residents was not determined.
Buildings and monuments
- Roman Catholic St. Bartholomew's Church, originally built as a Gothic church in the 15th century, rebuilt in 1612 and redesigned in Baroque style in 1792
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)