Svit
{{other uses|SVIT (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Svit
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Svit (Slovakia).JPG
| image_caption = General view of the town
| image_flag = Svit-poprad-flag.svg
| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Svit.svg
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{SVK}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Prešov Region}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Poprad District
| pushpin_map = Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Svit in the Prešov Region##Location of Svit in Slovakia
| coordinates = {{coord|49.07|N|20.19|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}}
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Ing. Dáša Vojsovičová
| leader_party =
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1946
| area_total_km2 = 4.49
| elevation_m = 720
| 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_total = 7700
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| blank_name = Car plate
| blank_info = PP
| website = {{URL|https://www.svit.sk/}}
}}
Svit is a small town in Poprad District in the Prešov Region in northern Slovakia.{{cite web|title=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|url=http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce-pohl-vek.pdf|work=Výsledky SODB 2011|publisher=Štatistický úrad SR|accessdate=9 August 2012}} It lies {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} west of the city of Poprad, at the foothills of the High Tatras.
History
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Svit is one of the youngest Slovak towns. It was established in 1934 by business industrialist Jan Antonín Baťa of Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) through his organization Baťa a.s., Zlin in accordance with his policy of setting up villages around the country for his workers. As a boy, Jan Baťa saw the poverty and sickness of his fellow countrymen. He wanted to change this by creating cities full of the most modern factories and filled with the best (and happiest) workers in Europe. The Baťa System under Jan's administration brought prosperity first to Moravia, and later Slovakia and Bohemia. It was Jan's policy for full employment that drove him to create each Baťa town for a different purpose: Shoes, Rubber and Tires, Textiles, Airplanes, Chemicals, Plastics, Media, Stockings, Leather, Machinery.
When the World War II came, Jan Baťa's policy was to secretly fund the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, to supply the Czech Army with shoes and clothing and to secretly fund the Slovak National Uprising that started at Baťovany (now Partizánske) on 29 August 1944. Jan Baťa represented Czech/Slovak freedom and prosperity.
Svit is short for "Slovenské vizkózové továrne" (in English Slovak Viscose Works). (Also, the word svit means 'shine' in Ukrainian) Svit is the smallest town in Slovakia (4.5 km²) with a population of 7,790.
Demographics
{{historical population|1970|7291|1980|8048|1991|7485|2001|7445|2011|7608|2021|7743|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 7,445 inhabitants. 96.44% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.11% Romani and 0.79% Czechs.{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 19 December 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html |archivedate = 17 December 2007}} The religious make-up was 62.53% Roman Catholics, 20.67% people with no religious affiliation, 8.62% Lutherans and 4.00% Greek Catholics.
Churches
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- Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Cyril and Methodius
- Greek Catholic Chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius
- Lutheran Church
Sports
The town is home to the professional basketball team BK Iskra Svit, which plays in the Slovak Extraliga.
Twin towns — sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}}
Svit is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerské mestá|url=https://www.svit.sk/mesto/partnerske-mesta/|publisher=Svit|language=sk|accessdate=3 September 2019}}
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Česká Třebová, Czech Republic
- {{flagicon|POL}} Knurów, Poland
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Partizánske, Slovakia
- {{flagicon|ITA}} San Lorenzo in Campo, Italy
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|svit.sk}} (in Slovak only)
{{Poprad District}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia
Category:Villages and municipalities in Poprad District
Category:Planned communities established in the 1930s
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