Chvojnica () is a village and municipality in
Prievidza District
Prievidza District (, ) is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Nyitra, apart from a small area in the southeast around Handlová which formed pa ...
in the
Trenčín Region
The Trenčín Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of nine districts ('' okresy''). The region was established in 1996: previously it had been a part of the West Slovak Region () and partly the Central S ...
of western
Slovakia
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.
History
In
historical records the village was first mentioned in 1614.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 493 metres and covers an area of 9.298 km
2. It has a population of about 235 people.
See also
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List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (, singular ), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (, singular ); articles on individu ...
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1679-1903 (parish B)
References
External links
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
of living people in Chvojnica
Villages and municipalities in Prievidza District
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