Myjava

Town in Slovakia

Myjava

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Myjava

Location of Myjava in the Trenčín Region

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Myjava

Myjava (Slovakia)

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Coordinates: 48°44′57″N 17°33′52″E﻿ / ﻿48.74917°N 17.56444°E﻿ / 48.74917; 17.56444Coordinates: 48°44′57″N 17°33′52″E﻿ / ﻿48.74917°N 17.56444°E﻿ / 48.74917; 17.56444
Country| Slovakia
Region| Trenčín
District| Myjava
Founded| 1586
Government

• Mayor| Pavel Halabrín
Area

• Total| 48.54[2] km2 (18.74[2] sq mi)
Elevation

| 313[3] m (1,027[3] ft)
Population

(2021)

• Total| 10,842[1]
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

907 01[3]

Area code| +421 34[3]
Car plate| MY
Website| www.myjava.sk

Myjava (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmijaʋa]; historically also Miava, German: Miawa, Hungarian: Miava) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia.

## Contents

* 1 Geography
* 2 History
* 3 Demographics
* 4 Twin towns — sister cities
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Geography[edit]

It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flows through the town. It is 10 km away from the Czech border, 35 km from Skalica and 100 km from Bratislava.

## History[edit]

The settlement was established in 1533 and was colonized by two groups of inhabitants: refugees fleeing from the Ottomans in southern Upper Hungary (today mostly Slovakia) and inhabitants from north-western and northern Upper Hungary.

During the Revolutions of 1848, the first Slovak National Council met in the town as a result of the Slovak Uprising. Today, the house of their meeting is now part of the Museum of the Slovak National Councils, a part of the Slovak National Museum network.

## Demographics[edit]

According to the 2001 census, 95.5% of the inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.5% Czechs and 0.4% Roma.[5] The religious makeup was 51.4% Lutherans, 28.2% people with no religious affiliation and 14.2% Roman Catholics.[5]

## Twin towns — sister cities[edit]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Myjava is twinned with:[6]

* Dolní Němčí, Czechia
* Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czechia
* Flisa, Norway
* Åsnes, Norway
* Janošik, Serbia
* Oroszlány, Hungary
* Little Falls, NY[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
2. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
4. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
5. ^ a b "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
6. ^ "Hodnotiaca správa programového rozpočtu mesta Myjava k 31. 12. 2018" (PDF). myjava.sk (in Slovak). Myjava. p. 20 (53). Retrieved 2019-09-05.
7. ^ "Sister City signs spring up around Little Falls".

## External links[edit]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Myjava.

Media related to Myjava at Wikimedia Commons

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Municipalities of Myjava District

* Brezová pod Bradlom
* Myjava

* Brestovec
* Bukovec
* Hrašné
* Chvojnica
* Jablonka
* Kostolné
* Košariská
* Krajné
* Podkylava
* Polianka
* Poriadie
* Priepasné
* Rudník
* Stará Myjava
* Vrbovce

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