Považany
| Považany | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Nové Mesto nad Váhom | ||
| Region : | Stredné Považie | ||
| Area : | 8.748 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,246 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 142 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 176 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 916 26 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 32 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 42 ′ N , 17 ° 50 ′ E | ||
| License plate : | NM | ||
| Kód obce : | 506443 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Structure of the municipality: | 3 parts of the community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Eva Ninisová | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Považany 187 91626 Považany |
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| Website: | www.obec-povazany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Považany is a municipality in western Slovakia . It is located in the Waag Valley on the bank of the Waag, 7 km from Nové Mesto nad Váhom .
The present municipality was formed in 1960 through the merger of three places: Mošovce (incorporated as Mošovce nad Váhom , first mentioned in 1263), Kríž nad Váhom (incorporated as Svätý Kríž nad Váhom ; German Heiligenkreuz , first mentioned in 1297) and Vieska (first mentioned in 1368) and Vieska (first mentioned in 1368) first Nové Mošovce before it was given its current name in 1961. The name means something like "lying on the scales".
The Slovak cardinal Alexander Rudnay was born in 1760 in today's district of Kríž nad Váhom.
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