Vaďovce

Location of Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region

Vaďovce (Hungarian: Vagyóc) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia between Biele and Male Karpaty.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1392 Vaďovce has been a really good holiday centre for many years. Young students used to go over there just because of incredible silent and fairly patient people and unbelievably cheap high-class beer. There is a beautiful old church with ancient ornaments on the walls. Overall, Vaďovce has been not been well known but in recent years awareness has grown. The current mayor of Vaďovce is Alžbeta Tuková. The patriot Michal Cibulka was born in this village and Ján Krasko Zápotocký had been officiating here. He is an active Slovak patriot who had collected and edited folk songs for piano and choir.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 228 metres and covers an area of 11.114 km². It has a population of about 686 people.

External links

http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

Municipalities of Nové Mesto nad Váhom District

Nové Mesto nad Váhom Stará Turá Beckov Bošáca Brunovce Bzince pod Javorinou Čachtice Častkovce Dolné Srnie Haluzice Horná Streda Hôrka nad Váhom Hrádok Hrachovište Kálnica Kočovce Lubina Lúka Modrová Modrovka Moravské Lieskové Nová Bošáca Nová Lehota Nová Ves nad Váhom Očkov Pobedim Podolie Potvorice Považany Stará Lehota Trenčianske Bohuslavice Vaďovce Višňové Zemianske Podhradie

Coordinates: 48°44′N 17°44′E / 48.733°N 17.733°E / 48.733; 17.733

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