| Gbely | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Trnava |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Skalica |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gbely in the Trnava Region |
| Coordinates: | 48.7161°N 17.1222°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jozef Hazlinger |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1392 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 59.92 |
| Elevation M: | 172[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 564 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 4885 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 908 45 |
| Area Code: | +421 34 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | SI |
| Website: | www.gbely.sk |
| Area Note: | |
Gbely (German and Hungarian: Egbell) is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia, close to the Czech border.
The first written record about Gbely was in 1392. It gained town rights in the 16th–17th centuries. Petroleum was discovered in 1912 and extraction started in 1914.
Gbely lies at an altitude of 190m (620feet) above sea level and covers an area of 59.945km2. It is located in the Záhorie region, in the Chvojnická pahorkatina hills, around 20km (10miles) from the district seat Skalica and 75km (47miles) from the Slovak capital Bratislava.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 5,223 inhabitants. 96.09% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.26% Czechs 0.96% Roma, and 1% Amit.[4] The religious make-up was 83.40% Roman Catholics, 14.57% people with no religious affiliation and 0.69% Lutherans.[4]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"
