Polianka

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Polianka
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Polianka coat of arms
Polianka (Slovakia)
Polianka
Polianka
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Trenčiansky kraj
Okres : Myjava
Region : Stredné Považie
Area : 9.42 km²
Residents : 390 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 41 inhabitants per km²
Height : 410  m nm
Postal code : 907 01
Telephone code : 034
Geographic location : 48 ° 44 '  N , 17 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '34 "  N , 17 ° 34' 48"  E
License plate : MY
Kód obce : 504661
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Pavol Kňazský
Address: Obecný úrad
Polianka 91
90701 Polianka
Website: www.obecpolianka.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Polianka (Hungarian Palánkairtvány ) is a municipality in western Slovakia .

Location and general

The municipality is located in the hill country between the Little Carpathians in the south and the White Carpathians in the north. Nové Mesto nad Váhom is about 30 kilometers east of the municipality, Myjava about 5 kilometers northwest, Senica about 20 kilometers northwest.

The municipality was established on April 1, 1955 by spinning off several settlements from the city of Myjava . The name means something like "clearing" or "forest bare".