Plavecký Štvrtok
Village
Saint Mission Church in Plavecký Štvrtok
Saint Mission Church in Plavecký Štvrtok
Etymology: Plavecký Castle estate and Thursday market day
Plavecký Štvrtok is located in Bratislava Region
Plavecký Štvrtok
Plavecký Štvrtok
Location of Plavecký Štvrtok in the Bratislava Region
Plavecký Štvrtok is located in Slovakia
Plavecký Štvrtok
Plavecký Štvrtok
Plavecký Štvrtok (Slovakia)
Coordinates: 48°22′N 17°00′E / 48.367°N 17.000°E / 48.367; 17.000
CountrySlovakia
RegionBratislava
DistrictMalacky
First mentioned1206
Area
 • Total24.17[1] km2 (9.33[1] sq mi)
Elevation
157[2] m (515[2] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total2,548[3]
Postal code
900 68[2]
Area code+421 34[2]
Car plateMA
Websitewww.obecplaveckystvrtok.sk

Plavecký Štvrtok (Hungarian: Detrekőcsütörtök) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava region.

Etymology

Štvrtok means in Slovak Thursday and it indicates that the settlement held a market on Thursdays. The attribute Plavecký comes from the name of Plavecký Castle estate (the castle is named after Cumans, in Slovak Plavci).[4]

Landmarks

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ↑ Uhlár, Vlado (1989). "Toponymá utvorené od etnických mien a názvy Slovany, Slovniky a Sklabiňa" [Toponyms derived from ethnic names and the names Slovany, Slovniky and Sklabiňa] (PDF). Slovenská reč (in Slovak). Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra SAV (54): 260.


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