Košeca

Košeca
Košeca
Municipality
	Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
	Košeca Location of Košeca in the Trenčín Region Košeca Košeca (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 49°01′N 18°16′E / 49.017°N 18.267°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Ilava
First mentioned	1272
Area
• Total	18.94 km2 (7.31 sq mi)
Elevation	253 m (830 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	2,739
Postal code	018 64
Area code	+421 42
Car plate	IL
Website	koseca.sk

Košeca (Hungarian: Kasza) is a village and municipality in Ilava District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1272.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 255 metres and covers an area of 18.943 km². It has a population of about 2474 people.

Part of the cadastral municipality of Košeca is also Nozdrovice.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"

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^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

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