Vráble
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vráble |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Verebély templom.JPG |
| image_caption | Church of the Virgin Mary |
| image_flag | Vrable-nitra-flag.svg |
| image_shield | Coat of Arms of Vráble.svg |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Nitra Region |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Nitra District |
| pushpin_map | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
| pushpin_relief | 1 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Vráble in the Nitra Region##Location of Vráble in Slovakia |
| coordinates | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Viktor Németh |
| established_title | First mentioned |
| established_date | 1265 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 144 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 952 01 |
| area_code | +421 37 |
| registration_plate | NR |
| website | www.vrable.sk |
| :: |
| name = Vráble | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Verebély templom.JPG | image_caption = Church of the Virgin Mary | image_flag = Vrable-nitra-flag.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Vráble.svg | motto = | nickname = | etymology = | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Nitra Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Nitra District | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Vráble in the Nitra Region##Location of Vráble in Slovakia | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Viktor Németh | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1265 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 144 | population_density_sq_mi= | population_demonym = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 952 01 | area_code_type = | area_code = +421 37 | geocode = | iso_code = |registration_plate = NR | website = www.vrable.sk | footnotes = Vráble is a small town in the Nitra District, Nitra Region, western Slovakia.
Etymology
The name derives from vrábeľ - a Slovak dialect name of sparrow (vrabec).
Geography
It is located in the Danubian Hills on the Žitava river, about 15 km south-east-east from Nitra. The cadastral area of the town has an altitude from 140 to ASL. There's a small dam called Vodná nádrž Vráble west of the town.
The town has three parts: Vráble proper, and the former villages of Dyčka and Horný Ohaj (both annexed 1975).
History
The oldest evidence of the settlement of Vráble comes from the Neolithic age (6000-2000 BC). The first written reference is from 1265 as Verebel. In Vráble, there was the oldest post-station. The city kept an agricultural character in the 19th and 20th centuries. Economic development has influenced the architecture of the city. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Vráble was part of Bars County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was again part of Hungary as a result of the First Vienna Award.
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
The town had Hungarian majority in the 17th century according to the Turkish tax census.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 9,493 inhabitants. 93.32% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 4.69% Hungarians, 0.78% Roma and 0.55% Czechs. The religious make-up was 88.41% Roman Catholics, 8.53% people with no religious affiliation and 0.62% Lutherans.
Fidvár archaeological site
One of the largest urban agglomerations of the Bronze Age in Europe was found at Fidvár near Vráble. The area of 20 hectares makes it larger than the contemporary Mycenae and Troy. The settlement was inhabited by about 1,000 people and buildings were built around streets. Three ditches strengthened the fortifications. The site is also the northernmost known tell in Central Europe dating from the Early Bronze Age. It was an important centre for the exploitation of nearby gold and tin deposits. The settlement is attributed to the Únětice culture and Mad'arovce culture.
Twin towns — sister cities
Vráble is twinned with:
- FRA Andouillé, France
- HUN Csurgó, Hungary
- SRB Nova Varoš, Serbia
References
References
- (2015-04-17). "Základná charakteristika". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
- Branislav, Varsik. (1994). "Kontinuita medzi veľkomoravskými Slovienmi a stredovekými severouhorskými Slovanmi (Slovákmi)". Veda.
- Károly Kocsis, Eszter Kocsisné Hodosi, Ethnic Geography of the Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin, Simon Publications LLC, 1998, p. 46 [https://books.google.com/books?id=-zZ_NVM9mNEC&q=%22german+ethnic+majority+until%22&pg=PA47]
- "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic.
- "Vráble sú unikátom Starého kontinentu".
- "The significant Vrable-Fidvar site".
- "Fidvár near Vráble - Archaeological Investigations at a Central Place of the Early Bronze Age on the Fringes of the Western Carpathians in Slovakia 2007-08".
- (2012). "Collapse or Continuity? Environment and development of Bronze Age human landscapes". Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH.
- "Partnerské mestá". Vráble.
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