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Valaská Belá | |
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Coordinates: 48°53′N 18°24′E / 48.883°N 18.400°E / 48.883; 18.400 | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Trenčín |
District | Prievidza |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Valaská Belá (Hungarian: Bélapataka) is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1324.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 482 metres and covers an area of 64,774 km. It has a population of about 2327 people.
Religion
Churches in the village include the wooden Saint Michal church. Local priest Juraj Gábor built the first single-aisle brick church in 1737. At the end of the 18th century, the parishioners built the brick chapel. The present church is from the year 1800. Primarily it was a longitudinal single-aisle church with one tower ornamented with prissian paintings. In 1929, two aisles were added, ornamented similarly to the main aisle. In 1944, the interior was painted by Štefan Enhoff.
References
- SÜLE, Peter; SÜLE, Peter, Jr. Encyclopedia of Towns and Villages of Slovakia. Lučenec : PS-LINE, 2005. 960 p. ISBN 80-969388-8-6. P. 249.
External links
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Valaská Belá homepage
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