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Podlužany
Podlužany
Village
	Podlužany
	Flag Coat of arms
	Podlužany Location of Podlužany in the Trenčín Region Podlužany Podlužany (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 48°46′15″N 18°14′21″E / 48.77083°N 18.23917°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Bánovce nad Bebravou
First mentioned	1295
Government
• Mayor	Pavel Miksa
Area
• Total	14.02 km2 (5.41 sq mi)
Elevation	217 m (712 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	960
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	956 52
Area code	+421 38
Car plate	BN
Website	www.podluzany.eu

Podlužany (Hungarian: Bánluzsány) is a village in north-western Slovakia.

Geography

Podlužany is located approximately 7 km north from Bánovce nad Bebravou and it constitutes the entrance gate into the micro-region Podhorie. The small river Bebrava flows past the west side of the village. It is surrounded by forests, fields and meadows scattered on nearby hills. There are five nature reservation around: Kňaží stôl (free transl: The Priest's Table), Ľutovský Drieňovec, Smradľavý vrch (free transl: Stinking Mountain), Udrina, Žrebíky; two nature landmarks: Stará Bebrava stream and Dúpna diera cave.

Tourism

Podlužany, together with its nearby villages and surrounding landscape, is often visited by hikers.^{[citation needed]} In the village starts green marked trail that leads to trail junction in Trebichavské sedlo ridge past the mysterious tree Rakoczi Oak upon which a legend hovers which says that the leader of uprising against Habsburgs, Francis II Rákóczi took a rest in the end of 17th century.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^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.