Myjava

Myjava
Myjava
Town
Car plate	MY
Website	www.myjava.sk

Myjava (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmijaʋa]; historically also Miava, German: Miawa, Hungarian: Miava) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia.

Geography

It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flows through the town. It is 10 km away from the Czech border, 35 km from Skalica and 100 km from Bratislava.

History

The settlement was established in 1533 and was colonized by two groups of inhabitants: refugees fleeing from the Ottomans in southern Upper Hungary (today mostly Slovakia) and inhabitants from north-western and northern Upper Hungary.

During the

Slovak Uprising. Today, the house of their meeting is now part of the Museum of the Slovak National Councils, a part of the Slovak National Museum

network.

Demographics

According to the 2001

Roman Catholics.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Myjava is

twinned with:^[5]

Dolní Němčí, Czech Republic
Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
Flisa, Norway
Åsnes, Norway
Janošik, Serbia
Oroszlány, Hungary
Little Falls, NY^[6]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
^ ^a ^b "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
^ "Hodnotiaca správa programového rozpočtu mesta Myjava k 31. 12. 2018" (PDF). myjava.sk (in Slovak). Myjava. p. 20 (53). Retrieved 2019-09-05.
^ "Sister City signs spring up around Little Falls". Little Falls (N.Y.) Times Telegraph. August 26, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2022.