Zliechov

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Zliechov
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Zliechov (Slovakia)
Zliechov
Zliechov
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Trenčiansky kraj
Okres : Ilava
Region : Stredné Považie
Area : 54.38 km²
Residents : 592 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Height : 603  m nm
Postal code : 018 32
Telephone code : 0 42
Geographic location : 48 ° 57 '  N , 18 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '59 "  N , 18 ° 25' 51"  E
License plate : IL
Kód obce : 513865
structure
Community type : local community
Structure of the municipality: 2 parts of the community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Anton Miko
Address: Obecný úrad Zliechov
233
01832 Zliechov
Website: www.zliechov.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Zliechov (German glassworks , Hungarian Zsolt - until 1902 Zljechó ) is a municipality in northwestern Slovakia .

It includes the districts of Zliechov and Košecké Rovné . A former district is Gápel (German Gapel ), it has belonged to the municipality of Valaská Belá since 1960 .

The place was first mentioned in writing as Zlieho in 1272 , the inhabitants were employed in agriculture. In the middle of the 18th century glassblowers came from Bohemia , who built a glassblower factory in what was then Gápel .

Church of Saint Lawrence

In the village there is the Church of St. Lawrence from 1480.