Predmier

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Predmier
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Predmier (Slovakia)
Predmier
Predmier
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Žilinský kraj
Okres : Bytča
Region : Severné Považie
Area : 10.896 km²
Residents : 1,354 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 124 inhabitants per km²
Height : 301  m nm
Postal code : 013 51
Telephone code : 0 41
Geographic location : 49 ° 12 '  N , 18 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '55 "  N , 18 ° 31' 55"  E
License plate : BY
Kód obce : 517895
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Štefan Klus
Address: Obecný úrad Predmier
č. 55
013 51 Predmier
Website: www.predmier.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Predmier (Hungarian Peredmér - until 1907 Predmér ) is a municipality in northwestern Slovakia with 1,354 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to Okres Bytča , part of Žilinský kraj .

geography

Gallus Church in the village

The village is located in the Bytčianska kotlina basin by the Hradnianka brook , on a river terrace of the Váh . The place is surrounded by the Javorníky and Súľovské vrchy mountains . The center of the village is at an altitude of 301  m nm and is five kilometers from Bytča .

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1193.

population

Results of the 2001 census (1347 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 99.11% Slovaks
  • 0.45% Czechs
  • 0.07% Poland

By denomination:

  • 96.07% Roman Catholic
  • 1.93% non-denominational
  • 1.56% no information
  • 0.22% Protestant

Buildings

  • Roman Catholic Gallus Church from 1799, built on the site of a wooden church
  • Country castle, built in the 19th century
  • originally a Renaissance post office from the 17th century
  • Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik from 1930

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

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