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Kľačany
Kľačany
Municipality
	Church in Kľačany
	Kľačany Location of Kľačany in the Trnava Region Kľačany Kľačany (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 48°23′19″N 17°52′25″E / 48.38861°N 17.87361°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Hlohovec
First mentioned	1256
Area
• Total	10.10 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,144
Postal code	920 64
Area code	+421 33
Car plate	HC
Website	www.obec-klacany.sk

Kľačany (Hungarian: Décskelecsény) is a village and municipality in Hlohovec District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.

Etymology

Slovak Kľačane – settlers living near "kľak" ("bended wood", typically a floodplain forest or knee timber).^[5]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1256.^{[citation needed]}

The municipality lies at an altitude of 170 metres and covers an area of 10.105 km². It has a population of about 976 people.

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

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^ ^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.
^ Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (44)". Kultúra slova (in Slovak) (3). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 147.

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