Pernek is a

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and

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Malacky District The Malacky District () is a district in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia. It lies north from Bratislava on Záhorská nížina lowland. Its current borders have been established in 1996. The administrative seat is its largest town, Malac ...

in the

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of western

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History

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records the village was first mentioned in 1394.

Geography

The municipality lies at an

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of 278 metres and covers an

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of 27.665 km². It has a

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of about 793 people.

References

External links

Official page
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