Svit

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Svit

Basic data

State :

Slovakia

Kraj :

Prešovský kraj

Okres :

Poprad

Region :

Tatry

Area :

4.506 km²

Residents :

7,923 (Dec. 31, 2019)

Population density :

1,758 inhabitants per km²

Height :

763 m nm

Postal code :

059 21

Telephone code :

0 52

Geographic location :

49 ° 3 ' N , 20 ° 12' E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '28 " N , 20 ° 11' 45" E

License plate :

PP

Kód obce :

523925

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Community type :

city

Administration (as of November 2018)

Mayor :

Dáša Vojsovičová

Address:

Mestský úrad
Hviezdoslavova 33
05921 Svit

Website:

www.svit.sk

Statistics information on statistics.sk

Svit is a town at the foot of the High Tatras in the landscape Zips ( Prešovský kraj , Slovakia ), near the town of Poprad .

Svit

The interior of the Svit station concourse

The present-day town was founded in 1934, initially under the name Baťovce (after the Baťa concern , which built a settlement for the workers here). At first the place was a part of Veľká , which is now part of Poprad . From 1937 the district was officially called Svit (stands for the abbreviation of " S lovenské vi zkózové t ovárne" [Slovak viscose factory]). On June 4, 1946, the community was declared independent. In 1962 it was granted city status.

The urban area encompasses large parts of what was then Batizovce , but also smaller parts of Spišská Teplica , Lučivná and Mengusovce .

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Twin cities

Svit lists the following four twin cities :

city	country	since
Česká Třebová	Czech Republic Pardubice Region, Czech Republic	2005
Knurów	Poland Silesia, Poland	2000
Partizánske	Slovakia Trenčiansky kraj, Slovakia
San Lorenzo in Campo	Italy Marche, Italy	2016