Prievidza

Prievidza ( pronunciation (help·info); Hungarian: Privigye, German: Priwitz) is a city in the central-western Slovakia. With 51,200 inhabitants it is one of the biggest municipalities in the Trenčín Region. Prievidza is a centre for many institutions of regional importance - governmental as well as commercial. It is commonly called the "green city". The most prominent sporting clubs include the BC Prievidza (basketball; last champion of Czechoslovakia before separation and later champion of Slovakia); of certain notoriety are also Prievidza Football Club and the ice hockey Club, both of which compete in the appropriate second national leagues. Prievidza has 6 boroughs: Staré mesto (Old Town in English), Píly, Necpaly, Kopanice,...