Levice

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Levice is a town in southern Slovakia known as a regional center with historical architecture and nearby castle ruins.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Levice canonical 5
Levice District 1
Levice municipal council 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeDivisionType district seat
areaCode +421-36
climate temperate continental climate
coatOfArmsFeature lion motif (historical heraldry)
country Slovakia
elevation approximately 171 meters above sea level
firstMentioned 1156 (as Leua) (approximate historical record)
governingBody Levice municipal council
linked to: Levice
hasCulturalInstitution Tekov Museum (in castle area)
hasEducationalInstitution secondary grammar schools
hasFeature castle ruins
historical architecture
hasIndustry energy sector (nearby Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant influences local economy)
engineering
food industry
hasLandmark Calvary in Levice
Dobó manor house (within castle complex)
Levice Castle
St. Michael’s Church
Synagogue in Levice
ruins of Levice Castle
hasMinorityPopulation Hungarian minority
Roma minority
hasNearbyAttraction Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant (regional employer)
Štiavnické vrchy (Štiavnica Mountains) region (wider area)
hasPopulation approximately 34,000 (early 2020s)
hasSportsClub BK Patrioti Levice (basketball)
FK Slovan Levice (football)
hasTransport railway connection to Zvolen
railway connection to Štúrovo
road connections to Nitra
hasTwinTown Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
linked to: Banská Štiavnica

Karcag, Hungary
linked to: Karcag

Nowy Sącz, Poland
linked to: Nowy Sącz

Szekszárd, Hungary
linked to: Szekszárd
historicalRegion Tekov
isSeatOf Levice District
locatedIn Nitra Region
southern Slovakia
locatedOnRiver Hron River (nearby)
linked to: Hron
mayorTitle Mayor of Levice
officialLanguage Slovak
postalCode 934 01
regionRole regional center of southern Slovakia
timezone Central European Time
timezoneDST Central European Summer Time

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Slovakia containsCity Levice
subject linked to: southern Slovakia
Ipeľ flowsThrough Levice District
linked to: Levice
Nitra Region hasCity Levice
Levice governingBody Levice municipal council
linked to: Levice
Hron River flowsThrough Levice