Vígľaš | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Detva |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 48.5667°N 37°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1393 |
Area Total Km2: | 31.97[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 12.34 |
Elevation M: | 352[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,155 |
Population Total: | 1530[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 48.1[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 18.6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 962 02 |
Area Code: | +421 45 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | DT |
Vígľaš is a village and municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
The name is of Hungarian origin: vég les (Weegles 1395), free translation "at the end", "a tree stand at the edge". The name was motivated by a royal hunting ground.[5]
Lowest ever temperature recorded in Slovakia was recorded in Vígľaš in Pštrusa neighbourhood. During early morning of 11 February 1929, the temperature of -41,0 °C was recorded here. The record remains in place to this day. The temperature, however, was not the lowest in then-Czechoslovakia, beaten by 1,2 °C recorded in Litvínovice.[6] [7]