Nováky
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| name = Nováky
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Nyitranovák templom.JPG
| image_caption = St. Nicholas Church
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| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Nováky.svg
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| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Trenčín
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Prievidza
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| coordinates = {{coord|48|42|48|N|18|32|22|E|display=inline,title}}
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Daniel Daniš
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1113
| area_total_km2 = 19.38
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| population_as_of = {{Tooltip|2022|2022-12-31}}
| population_total = 4145
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| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
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| blank_name = Car plate
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| website = [https://www.novaky.sk www.novaky.sk]
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|area_note= ({{Tooltip|2022|2022-06-31/2022-07-01}})
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Nováky ({{langx|hu|Nyitranovák}}) ({{langx|de|Anfänger}}) is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in western Slovakia. Nováky Power Plant, a thermal power plant is located near the town. Until 1920 in the Kingdom of Hungary.
The town is one of the centres of brown coal mining in Slovakia.{{Cite book|title=Doing Business with Slovakia |author= Jonathan Reuvid|year= 2005|isbn=978-1-905050-69-7|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VwA3g4LMEGUC&q=Novaky+coal&pg=RA2-PA119|publisher=GMB Publishing Ltd}}
Geography
The town is located in the upper Nitra River valley, between the Vtáčnik and Strážovské vrchy ranges, about {{convert|10|km|2|abbr=on}} from Prievidza.
History
The first written record about Nováky was in 1113 as Nuovac.
In 1942, during the reign of the Nazi puppet government of "Independent" Slovakia, nearby barracks were used for the assembly and detention of Slovak Jews from all over the country, pending their deportation to Nazi death camps in German-occupied Poland. The camp was guarded by the Slovak Hlinka Guard militia.{{cite web |title=Memorial plaque for the victims of the Nováky forced-labour and concentration camp| website=Holocaust Memorials: Monuments, Museums and Institutions in Commemoration of Nazi Victims|url=https://www.gedenkstaetten-uebersicht.de/en/europe/cl/slowakei/inst/gedenktafel-fuer-die-opfer-des-1/ | access-date=2019-10-18}}
Nováky has had town status since 1961.
Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the town had 4,402 inhabitants. 97.32% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.89% Czechs, 0.41 Roma and 0.25% Hungarians.{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | access-date = 2007-12-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html |archive-date = 2007-11-16}} The religious make-up was 75.91% Roman Catholics, 18.06% people with no religious affiliation and 1.57% Lutherans.
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Nováky}}
- {{Official website}}
File:Bana Novaky (01) 2005-02-17.JPG
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Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia
Category:Villages and municipalities in Prievidza District
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