Prečín is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 in Považská Bystrica District

Považská Bystrica District

Považská Bystrica District is adistrict inthe Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was part of theHungarian countyof Trenčín.-Municipalities:*Bodiná*Brvnište*Čelkova Lehota*Dolná Mariková...

 in the Trenčín Region

Trencín Region

The Trenčín Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 9 districts .-Geography:It is located in the north-western Slovakia, has an area of 4,502 km² and a population of 600,386 . The Danubian Lowland reaches the region to Nové Mesto nad Váhom and Partizánske areas...

 in north-western Slovakia

Slovakia

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History

The first mention of the municipality in historical records

History

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 is dated 1385.
There are two churches, one from the 16th century and another from the 19th century.

Geography

The municipality

Municipality

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 lies at an altitude

Altitude

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 of 337 metres and covers an area

Area

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 of 17.631 km². It has a population

Population

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of about 1393 people. Prečín is surrounded by forests ideal for hiking and well as climbable rock formations.

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• Official website in Slovak language precin.eu