Levice ( : /lɛvit͡sɛ/; Léva, Lewenz) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river (Old Slavic name of the town was Leva, that means "the Left One"). The town is located in the north east corner of the Danubian Lowland (Podunajská nížina), 110 km east of Bratislava, 40 km sout east of Nitra, 42 mi north east of Nové Zámky, 32 km south west of Banská Štiavnica, 55 km south west of Zvolen and 25 km from the border with Hungary. Historic region (comitatus): Tekov District: Levice - the largest district in Slovakia Town's heraldic animal: lion (in Slovak „Lev“) Town's colours: green and yellow (more)
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Hron:
This article is about the River Hron. For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see Jan Hron Hron (Hron, Gran, Garam, Granus) is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube and the second longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the Low Tat
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Danubian Lowland:
The Danubian Lowland or Danube Lowland (Slovak: Podunajská nížina) is the name of the part of Little Alföld (Slovak: Malá dunajská kotlina) situated in Slovakia, located between the Danube, the Little Carpathians and all other parts of the Western Ca
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Tekov:
Tekov [Hungarian: Bars] is the traditional name of a region situated in southern and central Slovakia. Its territory encompasses the former Tekov county, existing in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century until 1918, though it is now administra
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Nitra:
Nitra ( ; Neutra ( ); Nyitra / Nyitria [archaic]) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley. With a population of 85,000, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest
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Nové Zámky:
Nové Zámky ( ; Érsekújvár, Neuhäus[e]l, Uyvar, Novum Castrum) is a town in southwestern Slovakia.
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Eugene Fodor (writer):
Eugene Fodor (pronounced /ju'dʒin 'foʊdɚ/) (October 14, 1905 in Léva, Hungary (now Levice, Slovakia) —February 18, 1991 ) was an American writer of travel literature of Hungarian origin. In 1949, he founded Fodor's in Paris, France. He married a Czec
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Kálmán Kittenberger:
Kálmán Kittenberger (Léva, October 10 1881 - Nagymaros, January 4 1958) was a Hungarian traveller, natural historian, biologist and collector. He was born in Léva, now in Slovakia (Levice). He made six travels to Africa, the first time in 1902, where
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Mochovce:
Mochovce (Mohi) is a former village in western Slovakia, best known for its nuclear power plant It is situated in Nitra Region, ca 8 miles northwest of Levice. The village inhabitants were relocated and the village was destroyed to make place for the
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Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant:
The Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant (Atómové elektrárne Mochovce, abbr. EMO) is a nuclear power plant with 2 operating reactors and two reactors under construction that had been stalled for over a decade in southern Slovakia, between the towns of Nitra
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Brhlovce:
Brhlovce is a municipality and village in the Levice District of the south-west of Slovakia, in the Nitra Region. It was formed in 1952 by a merge of the villages Dolné Brhlovce (Hungarian: Tegzesborfõ) and Horné Brhlovce (Hungarian: Kálnaborfõ). It
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