• Source: Ilava

Ilava (German: Illau, Hungarian: Illava) is a town in the Trenčín Region, northwestern Slovakia.




Name


The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were Lewe, Lewa (the same historic name as Levice), Lewa de cidca fluviom Vag, later Ilava. The form Illava is known from the 19th century and was used after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.




Demographics


According to the 2001 census, the town had 5,441 inhabitants. 98.1% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.9% Czechs and 0.1% Roma and Hungarians. The religious makeup was 87.2% Roman Catholics, 7.9% people with no religious affiliation, and 1.2% Lutherans.




Notable people


Ivan Baranka (born 1985), ice hockey player
Mária Bieliková (born 1966), computer scientist
Hana Burzalová (born 2000), racewalker
Radoslav Ďuriš (born 1974), wheelchair curler
Artur Gajdoš (born 2004), association footballer
Katrina Grey (born 1991), actress
Marcel Hossa (born 1981), ice hockey player
Tomáš Kopecký (born 1982), ice hockey player, two-time Stanley Cup Champion
Marek Kvapil (born 1985), ice hockey player
Richard Pavlikovský (born 1975), ice hockey player
Natália Prekopová (born 1989), biathlete
Ľubomír Šatka (born 1995), association footballer
Tomáš Tatar (born 1990), ice hockey player
Pavel Traubner (1941–2024), neurologist




Twin towns — sister cities



Ilava is twinned with:

Győr, Hungary
Klimkovice, Czech Republic
Mikołów, Poland




See also


List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia




References






External links


Media related to Ilava at Wikimedia Commons

Official page
Surnames of living people in Ilava

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dubnica nad Váhom
• Mikołów
• Ľubomír Šatka
• Pertempuran Bukit Vítkov
• Daftar kota kembar di Ceko
• Daftar kota kembar di Polandia
• Daftar kota di Slowakia
• Ilava
• Váh
• Battle of Ilava
• Pavel Traubner
• Aditya Raj Kapoor
• Ilava District
• Beluša
• Bohunice, Ilava District
• Dubnica nad Váhom
• Trenčín