Sverepec
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Považská Bystrica | ||
| Region : | Severné Považie | ||
| Area : | 6.234 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,359 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 218 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 310 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 017 01 ( Považská Bystrica post office ) | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 42 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 5 ' N , 18 ° 24' E | ||
| License plate : | PB | ||
| Kód obce : | 518913 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Maroš Ondráš | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Sverepec 215 017 01 Považská Bystrica |
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| Website: | www.sverepec.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Sverepec (Hungarian Lejtős - until 1907 Szverepec ) is a place and a municipality in the Okres Považská Bystrica of Trenčiansky kraj in northwestern Slovakia . On December 31, 2019, there were 1,359 inhabitants in the municipality.
geography
The municipality is located in the Považské podolie in the wider Waag Valley at the confluence of several streams, below the Strážovské vrchy mountains , which rise in the south. Sverepec is five kilometers from Považská Bystrica and 38 kilometers from the regional capital Trenčín .
history
In the 9th and 10th centuries there was a Slavic settlement in the municipality. The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1321 (other information 1327) as Sverepecz and belonged to the lower noble families Viszolaj , Szunyogh and Podmanicky and the manor of Waagbistritz . In the past there were two pits near the site, one for sand extraction and the second for granite extraction.
1981–1990 the municipality was part of the town of Považská Bystrica.
Others
At Sverepec, behind the motorway, there is a large motocross area.
