Rajecká Lesná

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Rajecká Lesná
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Rajecká Lesná
Rajecká Lesná (Slovakia)
Rajecká Lesná
Rajecká Lesná
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Žilinský kraj
Okres : Žilina
Region : Severné Považie
Area : 39.624 km²
Residents : 1,185 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 30 inhabitants per km²
Height : 508  m nm
Postal code : 013 15
Telephone code : 0 41
Geographic location : 49 ° 3 '  N , 18 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 '48 "  N , 18 ° 38' 31"  E
License plate : ZA
Kód obce : 517925
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Miloš Mikula
Address: Obecný úrad Rajecká Lesná
Marianske námestie 82
01315 Rajecká Lesná
Website: www.frivald.host.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Rajecká Lesná (until 1948 "Frývald-Trstená" - to 1927 "Trstená-Frývald" German Friewald , Hungarian Frivaldnádas - until 1907 Trsztyennafrivald ) is a municipality in the north-west Slovakia , in the Žilinská kotlina ( Žilina boiler ) near the river Rajčianka , at the foot the Little Fatra .

View of the place

The village is about five kilometers south of Rajec and 25 kilometers from Žilina . It is a place of pilgrimage with the Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary .

The community was created by the union of the places Frývald and Trstená , which lies further west across the Rajčianka. Frývald was first mentioned as Friwald in 1413 .

The Lesnianka flows through the main town and then flows into the Rajčianka.

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