Stará Turá

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Stará Turá

| other_name = Stara Rura

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Stara tura kostol.jpg

| image_caption = The catholic church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Stará Turá

| image_flag = Stara tura-nove mesto nad vahom-flag.svg

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Stará Turá.png

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{SVK}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Trenčín Region}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Nové Mesto nad Váhom District

| pushpin_map = Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Stará Turá in the Trenčín Region##Location of Stará Turá in Slovakia

| coordinates = {{coord|48.78|N|17.70|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}}

| leader_title =

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| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 1392

| 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 = 50.94

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| elevation_m = 386

| 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.}}

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| population_total = 8432

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 916 01

| area_code = +421 32

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

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Stará Turá or Stara Rura is a town in the Trenčín Region in western Slovakia.

Geography

It is located in the Myjava Hills close to the Little Carpathians as well as the White Carpathians. It is situated {{convert|11|km|2|abbr=on}} from Nové Mesto nad Váhom to the west, {{convert|12|km|2|abbr=on}} from Myjava to the east and around {{convert|99|km|2|abbr=on}} from Bratislava to the north and has a population of 8,832 (2018) with an area of {{convert|50942|km²|2|abbr=on}}.

History

The first written record about Stará Turá was in 1392, as a village belonging to the Čachtice Castle. It was part of it until feudalism ceased to exist in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1467, Matthias Corvinus promoted Stará Turá to the servile town (oppidum), boosting the town's economy. In 1848, the town was nearly destroyed by fire.

It is mentioned in the popular folk song Teče Voda, Teče.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Stará Turá was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

Demographics

{{historical population|1970|7477|1980|9004|1991|10813|2001|10291|2011|9404|2021|8724|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/cd33d897-7314-41d0-a12b-a95e537d7a39/Statisticky_lexikon_obci_Slovenskej_republiky_2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy|language=sk}}{{cite web |title=Census 2021 - Population - Basic results|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/pocet-obyvatelov/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|date=2021-01-01}}}}According to the 2001 census, the town had 10,291 inhabitants. 97.4% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.7% Czechs and 0.2% Roma.{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-12-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html |archivedate = 2007-11-16}} The religious make-up was 45.5% Lutherans, 27.3% Roman Catholics and 23.6% people with no religious affiliation.

Education

Secondary Industrial School is located in the city.

Notable people

Viliam Vagač (1909–1970), SDB, Roman Catholic priest and religious prisoner (sentenced to 18 years in prison).KUBANOVIČ, Zlatko: Historický náhľad do dejín slovenských saleziánov (Od dona Bosca do roku 1924). Bratislava : Don Bosco, 2019. {{ISBN|978-80-8074-436-6}}. p. 283–284.

Twin towns – sister cities

Stará Turá is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Úvodná strana|url=https://www.staratura.sk/|website=staratura.sk|publisher=Stará Turá|language=sk|access-date=2019-09-04}}

{{flagicon|CZE}} Kunovice, Czech Republic

References

External links

Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia