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Municipality in Slovakia

Považany
Municipality
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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Coordinates: 48°42′30″N 17°50′20″E / 48.7083°N 17.8389°E / 48.7083; 17.8389
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Nové Mesto nad Váhom
First mentioned	1263
Area
• Total	8.74 km (3.37 sq mi)
Elevation	176 m (577 ft)
Population
• Total	1,230
Postal code	916 26
Area code	+421 32
Car plate	NM
Website	www.obec-povazany.sk

Považany (Hungarian: Vágmosóc) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Považany was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 177 metres and covers an area of 4.045 km². It has a population of about 561 people.

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^ "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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Nové Mesto nad Váhom Stará Turá Beckov Bošáca Brunovce Bzince pod Javorinou Čachtice Častkovce Dolné Srnie Haluzice Horná Streda Hôrka nad Váhom Hrádok Hrachovište Kálnica Kočovce Lubina Lúka Modrová Modrovka Moravské Lieskové Nová Bošáca Nová Lehota Nová Ves nad Váhom Očkov Pobedim Podolie Potvorice Považany Stará Lehota Trenčianske Bohuslavice Vaďovce Višňové Zemianske Podhradie

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