Selec

{{short description|Village in Trenčín region of Slovakia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Selec

| other_name =

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = 01 Selec okres TN.JPG

| image_caption =

| image_flag = Selec-trencin-flag.svg

| image_shield =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{SVK}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Trenčín Region}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Trenčín District

| pushpin_map = Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Selec in the Trenčín Region##Location of Selec in Slovakia

| coordinates = {{coord|48.78|N|17.98|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}}

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| leader_party =

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 1439

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| area_total_km2 = 24.80

| elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| elevation_m = 323

| population_as_of = {{abbr|2021|Population: 2021-12-31. Population density & Total area: 2021-06-30/-07-01. Elevation, Postal code & Area code (last updated): 2015-04-17.}}

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7101rr/v_om7101rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| population_total = 1006

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 913 36

| area_code = +421 32

| blank_name = Car plate

| blank_info = TN

| website = {{URL|https://www.selec.sk/}}

}}

Selec ({{langx|hu| Szelec}}) is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.

History

The village was first mentioned in historical records of 1439. During World War II, on the December 3, 1944, German troops invaded the village and arrested 56 men from the village for help to partisans. 50 from them have been later taken to the concentration camps where 45 of them died.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 319 metres and covers an area of 24.802 km2. It has a population of about 957 people. From a geomorphological point of view of the village lies in Fatra-Tatra Area in the northern part of the Považský Inovec Mts.

References

{{Trencin District}}

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Category:Villages and municipalities in Trenčín District

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