Chynorany

Municipality in Slovakia

48°36′30″N 18°16′0″E / 48.60833°N 18.26667°E / 48.60833; 18.26667CountrySlovakiaRegionTrenčínDistrictPartizánskeFirst mentioned1243Area

• Total10.35^[2] km² (4.00^[2] sq mi)Elevation

175^[3] m (574^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total2,699^[1]Postal code

956 33^[3]

Area code+421 38^[3]Car platePEWebsitewww.chynorany.sk

Chynorany (Hungarian: Kinorány) is a village and municipality in Partizánske District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.^[5]

The village is located on the right bank of the river Nitra, approximately in the middle between the towns of Partizánske and Topoľčany. Northwest the terrain curves into the Bojice hillside, following the mountain range of Považský Inovec. To the south and east, behind the river Nitra, rises the mountain range of Tribeč.

Partizánske is 10 km northeast, Topoľčany 12 km southwest and Bánovce nad Bebravou 15 km north from Chynorany.

Etymology

The name is derived from a duty to guard a local ford at early morning. Slovak: chyn-, chyniť – to pretend, to lie (here also ambush, the word is preserved e.g. in Serbian as hiniti), ran-, raný, ranný – early, morning.^[6]

History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1243.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 178 metres (584 ft) and covers an area of 10.351 square kilometres (3.997 sq mi). It has a population of about 2723 people.

References

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