Fačkov
Sign in to saveFačkov () is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Fačkov
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Fackov.jpg
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Fackov-zilina-flag.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Žilina District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Fačkov in the Žilina Region##Location of Fačkov in Slovakia
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1351
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 534
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 131 6
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 41
- Slovak place.registration_plate
- ZA
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Fačkov
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Žilina District
- Population
- 654
- Area
- 37.516585
- Elevation
- 536
- Body of water
- Rajčanka
- Official website
- www.obecfackov.sk
- Image
- Fackov.jpg
- Dialing code
- 041
- Licence plate code
- ZA
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- Commons category
- Fačkov
- postal code
- 013 15 (pošta Rajecká Lesná)
- time of earliest written record
- 1351-00-00
- native label
- Fačkov
- inception
- 1351-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Fačkov () is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
==History== The first written mention is from 1351, it is mentioned as Luchka - "a settlement on a meadow in the forest". The name of the village is derived from the name of the first hereditary mayor, who was called Fachkó. The village belonged to the Považ manor, a small part of the farm was owned by zemans. In the village there is a Baroque Church of St. Nicholas built in 1761, which has already undergone several reconstructions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fačkov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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