ValÄa
Valča (Hungarian Valcsa ) is a municipality in the north of Slovakia with 1542 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Martin, a part of the Žilinský and is counted to the traditional landscape Turz.
Geography
The municipality is located in the western part of the basin Turčianska kotlina at the transition in the westernmost Small Fatra. In Valča the streams Valčiansky creek and Sloviansky flow along creek and the resulting river flows in the neighboring Benice in the Turcianska. Apart from the actual place that includes 32.23 km ² large municipality and valleys of the two streams to the main ridge of the Lesser Fatra. The center is located at an altitude of 477 m nm and is 15 kilometers away from Martin.
In the valley of Sloviansky creek rises a sulfur-containing mineral spring called Smradľavka (about: Stinkwasser ).
Neighboring municipalities are Trnovo in the north, Benice in the east, and Ležiachov Slovanech in the south, on a short piece Kláštor pod Znievom in the west, and Rajec Kunerad on the Mala Fatra in the west and on a short piece Trebostovo in the northwest.
History
Valča was first mentioned in 1252 as Wolka writing and after Volka, a son of radon comes from Príbovce named. The village belonged to the estate of Zniev, the end of the 18th century a chamber and in the 19th century, a study funds. 1828 were counted 120 houses and 1,163 inhabitants, who were employed in agriculture and forestry, as well as oil pressers and saffron processors.
Until 1918, belonged to the lying in the county Turz place the Kingdom of Hungary and came after Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today.
Population
According to the 2011 census lived in Valča 1,532 inhabitants, of whom 1,414 Slovaks, 12 Czechs, Moravians three and two Russian women; three residents were other ethnicity. 98 inhabitants made no indication. 1,164 residents pleaded with the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church of the 73 residents, nine inhabitants to the United Methodist Church, five inhabitants to the Greek Catholic Church, four residents for evangelistic church, two residents of the Reformed Church and a resident of the Mormons; seven residents were of a different denomination. 150 inhabitants were non-denominational and 117 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.
Results according to the census 2001 (1.435 inhabitants):
After Ethnicity:
- 98.75 % Slovaks
- 0.84% Czechs
- 0.21 % Moravians
After Confession:
- 86.13 % Roman Catholic
- 5.64% no religious affiliation
- 4.39 % no answer
- 3.41% Evangelical
- 0.14 % Orthodox
Attractions
- (also Helena Church ) extends Roman Catholic Church Exaltation of the Cross in the early Renaissance style of the 16th century, in the 17th century
- Country palace in classical style from the second third of the 19th century