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Spišská Nová Ves is a town located in Slovakia, situated in the eastern part of the country. It serves as an important regional center in the Spišský region, historically connected to the cultural and economic development of eastern Slovakia.
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Key facts
- Country
- Slovakia
- Region
- Košice Region
- District
- Spišská Nová Ves District
- Mayor
- Pavol Bečarik
- Total
- 66.67 km (25.74 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 506 m (1,660 ft)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 052 01
- Area code
- +421 53
- Vehicle registration plate until 2022
- SN
- Website
- www.spisskanovaves.eu
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Spišská Nová Ves
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Spišská Nová Ves District
- Population
- 34023
- Area
- 66.671727
- Elevation
- 506
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Hornád
- Capital of
- Spišská Nová Ves District
- Official website
- www.spisskanovaves.eu
- Image
- Spišská Nová Ves panorama 01.JPG
- Dialing code
- 053
- Licence plate code
- SN
Show 12 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Youngstown
- native label
- Spišská Nová Ves
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- Commons category
- Spišská Nová Ves
- topic's main category
- Category:Spišská Nová Ves
- postal code
- 052 01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Spišská Nová Ves
- category for people born here
- Q28974347
- time of earliest written record
- 1268-00-00
- inception
- 1268-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P8168
- Karen Forkel
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Spišská Nová Ves ( Slovak pronunciation: [spiʃskaː nɔvaː ves] ; Hungarian: Igló; German: (Zipser) Neu(en)dorf) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The town is located southeast of the High Tatras in the Spiš region, and lies on both banks of the Hornád River. It is the biggest town of the Spišská Nová Ves District.
Tourist attractions nearby include the medieval town of Levoča, Spiš Castle, and the Slovak Paradise National Park. A biennial music festival, Divertimento musicale, is held here, attracting amateur music ensembles from all over Slovakia.
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