Vígľaš | |
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Municipality | |
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Location of Vígľaš in the
Banská Bystrica Region | |
Coordinates: 48°34′N 19°18′E / 48.567°N 19.300°E | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Banská Bystrica |
District | Detva |
First mentioned | 1393 |
Area | |
• Total | 31.97 [2] km2 (12.34 [2] sq mi) |
Elevation | 352 [3] m (1,155 [3] ft) |
Population (
2021) | |
• Total | 1,530 [1] |
Postal code | 962 02
[3] |
Area code | +421 45 [3] |
Car plate | DT |
Vígľaš is a village and municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
The name is of Hungarian origin: vég les (Weegles 1395), free translation "at the end", "a tree stand at the edge". The name was motivated by a royal hunting ground. [5]
Lowest ever temperature recorded in Slovakia was recorded in Vígľaš in Pštrusa neighbourhood. During early morning of 11 February 1929, the temperature of -41,0 °C was recorded here. The record remains in place to this day. The temperature, however, was not the lowest in then-Czechoslovakia, beaten by 1,2 °C recorded in Litvínovice. [6] [7]