Sľažany

Sľažany (Hungarian: Szelezsény) is a village and municipality in Zlaté Moravce District of the Nitra Region, in western-central Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1156.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 198 metres (650 ft)^[4] and covers an area of 16.27 km² (6.28 sq mi) (2024).^[5] It is in the northern part of Žitavská pahorkatina (part of the Danubian Lowland).

The Tribeč mountain range is located to the north of the village.

It has a population of 1690 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 1712 people by ethnicity 1638 as Slovak, 70 as Not found out, 12 as Hungarian, 7 as Czech, 7 as Russian, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as German and 1 as Other.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 1712 people by religion 1401 from Roman Catholic Church, 197 from None, 65 from Not found out, 10 from Ad hoc movements, 8 from Greek Catholic Church, 8 from Evangelical Church, 7 from Calvinist Church, 4 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 4 from Other, 3 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 2 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality and 1 from Buddhism.

According to the 2019 census, the municipality has a population of about 1685^[11] people. In 2011, 96.7% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.65% are Hungarians and 0.24% Czechs. The religious makeup was 90.7% Roman Catholic and 5.6% unaffiliated.^[12]