Bošany | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Trenčín |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Partizánske |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bošany in the Trenčín Region |
Coordinates: | 48.5833°N 35°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1924 |
Area Total Km2: | 14.39[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.56 |
Elevation M: | 177[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 581 |
Population Total: | 4035[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 281.33[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 108.62 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 956 18 |
Area Code: | +421 38 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | PE |
Website: | www.bosany.sk |
Bošany (Hungarian: Bossány) is a village and municipality in Partizánske District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.
The village was established in 1924 by merging the former villages of Veľké Bošany (Hungarian: Nagybossány) and Malé Bošany (Hungarian: Kisbossány). In 1960, the former village of Baštín Hungarian: Bacskafalva) was also merged into Bošany.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 185 metres and covers an area of 14.46 km². It has a population of about 4295 people.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"