Brezno
Town
Town center of Brezno
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Brezno
Tourism region	Horehronie
River	Hron
Elevation	498 m (1,634 ft)
Coordinates	48°48′14″N 19°38′37″E / 48.80389, 19.64361
Highest point
- elevation	2,043 m (6,703 ft)
Lowest point
- elevation	486 m (1,594 ft)
Area	121. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Banská Bystrica Region (Slovak Banskobystrický Kraj) is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe Brezno District ( okres Brezno) is a district inthe Banská This article is about the River Hron For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see Jan Hron Hron (Hron Gran Garam Granus is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 957 km² (47. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 088 sq mi)
Population	22,221 (2006-12-31)
Density	182 /km² (471 /sq mi)
First mentioned	1265
Mayor	Jaroslav Demian
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	97701
Area code	+421-48
Car plate	BR
Location in Slovakia
Location in the Banská Bystrica Region
Wikimedia Commons: Brezno
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.brezno.sk

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Geography

It is located in the Horehronské podolie basin, on the Hron river, between mountain ranges of Low Tatras and the Slovak Ore Mountains, around 45 km from Banská Bystrica. This article is about the River Hron For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see Jan Hron Hron (Hron Gran Garam Granus is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube The Low Tatras or Low Tatra (Nízke Tatry Alacsony Tátra is a Mountain range in central Slovakia. The Slovenské rudohorie or Slovak Ore Mountains is an extensive Mountainous region of Slovakia 's Spiš region within the Carpathians Banská Bystrica ( Hungarian:Besztercebánya ( previously known also by several alternative names) is a key City in central Slovakia located Local climate in the basin is rather cold, with an annual average of 6. 6°C and annual precipitation of 700–750 mm.

History

The place has been inhabited since prehistoric times, but the current town arose from an old Slovak settlement, next to which newly arrived German miners erected a typical square market in the early 13th century. The first written evidence of the town's existence is dated 1265 when King Béla IV of Hungary issued a charter for the hunters from the area of Liptov allowing them to use woods around the settlement, known as Berezuno. Béla IV (IV Béla (1206 &ndash 3 May 1270 King of Hungary and Croatia (1214-1270 Duke of Styria (1254-1258 Liptov is an informal designation of region in Slovakiam part of the former Kingdom of Hungary Liptó county. The name is derived from the Slovak word "breza" for birch. In the nineteenth century Brezno was a typical almost purely Slovak town and was one of the centres of the Slovak national movement. Since Second World War it has developed into an industrial town. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 22,875 inhabitants. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population 92. 85% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 4. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is 63% Roma, 0. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins 80% Czechs and 0. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic 22% Hungarian. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. ^[1] The religious makeup was 66. 89% Roman Catholics, 18. 54% people with no religious affiliation, 8. 57% Lutherans], and 0. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther 98% Greek Catholics. Greek Catholic Church is a term which refers to the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine ( Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition ^[1]

Twin towns

Brezno is twinned with the French town of Meudon, Nový Bydžov in the Czech Republic and Ciechanów in Poland. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Meudon is a municipality in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Nový Bydžov (ˈnovi ˈbɪdʒof is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Ciechanów is a Town in north-central Poland with 47900 inhabitants (2002 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland

Famous people

References

External links

• Official website of Brezno

Pictures

Courthouse

Plague column

Modern architecture