Plevník-Drienové
| Plevník-Drienové | |||
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Považská Bystrica | ||
| Region : | Severné Považie | ||
| Area : | 13.019 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,657 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 127 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 300 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 018 26 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 42 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 10 ′ N , 18 ° 30 ′ E | ||
| License plate : | PB | ||
| Kód obce : | 513474 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Miroslav Kremeň | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Plevník-Drienové 255 01826 Plevník-Drienové |
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| Website: | www.plevnik-drienove.sk | ||
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Plevník-Drienové is a municipality in the Okres Považská Bystrica in the Trenčiansky kraj area in Slovakia with about 1,600 inhabitants.
The community is located in a basin on the left bank of the Waag on the Drienovka brook , below the Súľovské vrchy mountain range in the east. The height of the municipality varies between 290 m nm on the river Waag and 813 m nm on the mountain Malý Manín. Plevník-Drienové is located eight kilometers northeast of Považská Bystrica , 18 kilometers southwest of Žilina and 52 kilometers northeast of Trenčín .
The community was created in 1952 through the merger of the previously independent communities Plevník (first mentioned in 1354, Hungarian Pelyvás ) and Drienové (first mentioned in 1458, Hungarian Vágsomfalu ).
The Slovak writer Dominik Tatarka was born in the village in 1913 .
