Ilava
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Ilava (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) 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.<ref name="about">Template:Cite web</ref> The form Illava is known from the 19th century and was used after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.<ref name="about"/>
Demographics
Template:Historical populationAccording 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.<ref name="statistics">Template:Cite web</ref> The religious makeup was 87.2% Roman Catholics, 7.9% people with no religious affiliation, and 1.2% Lutherans.<ref name="statistics"/>
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:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Győr, Hungary
- Template:Flagicon Klimkovice, Czech Republic
- Template:Flagicon Mikołów, Poland
See also
References
External links
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