Levice
| Levice | |
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 Town hall of Levice
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| Country | Slovakia |
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| Region | Nitriansky kraj |
| District | Levice |
| River | Hron |
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) |
| Coordinates | 48°12′59″N 18°36′29″E / 48.21639°N 18.60806°ECoordinates: 48°12′59″N 18°36′29″E / 48.21639°N 18.60806°E |
| Area | 60.996 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Population | 35,980 (31 December 2006) |
| Density | 590/km2 (1,528/sq mi) |
| First mentioned | 1156 |
| Mayor | Štefan Mišák |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 934 01 |
| Phone prefix | 421-36 |
| Car plate | LV |
   Location of Levice within Slovakia
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| Statistics: MOŠ/MIS | |
| Website: http://www.levice.sk | |
Levice (Slovak pronunciation: [lɛvit͡sɛ]; Hungarian: Léva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈleːvɒ]; German: Lewenz; Turkish: Leva, literally lionesses) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Slavic name of the town was Leva, which means "the Left One".
The town is located in the north-eastern corner of the Danubian Lowland (Podunajská nížina), 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of Bratislava, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south-east of Nitra, 32 kilometres (20 miles) south-west of Banská Štiavnica, 55 kilometres (34 miles) south-west of Zvolen and 25 kilometres (16 miles) from the border with Hungary.
It is the capital of the Levice District, which is the largest district in Slovakia at 1,551 square kilometres (599 square miles). The town's heraldic animal is lion (in Slovak lev), and the town's colours are green and yellow.
Levice is first mentioned as Leua, one of the villages belonging to the parish of St. Martin's Church in Bratka (Hungarian: Baratka) in 1165. It was part of the comitatus Tekov (Bars).
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