Piešťany
Piešťany | |
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Town | |
Sights of Piešťany. Top left: Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Kaplnka Božského Srdca Ježišovho). Top right: Thermia Palace. Bottom left: Monument Thanks to the Liberators (Vďaka osloboditeľom). Bottom upper right: Colonnade Bridge. Bottom lower right: Napoleon's Spa Resort. | |
Location of Piešťany in the Trnava Region | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′03″N 17°50′01″E / 48.58417°N 17.83361°E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Trnava |
| District | Piešťany |
| First mentioned | 1113 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Jančovič |
| Area | |
• Total | 44.20 km2 (17.07 sq mi) |
| (2022) | |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 27,057 |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 921 01 |
| Area code | +421 33 |
| Car plate | PN |
| Website | www.piestany.sk |
Piešťany (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpɪeʂcani] ⓘ; German: Pistyan, Hungarian: Pöstyén, Polish: Pieszczany [pjɛˈʂtʂanɨ], Czech: Píšťany [ˈpiːʃcanɪ]) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around 28,000 inhabitants.