Bátovce is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 in the Levice District

Levice District

Levice District is a district inthe Nitra Region of western Slovakia. It is the largest of Slovakia's 79 districts.The west of the district was in the Hungarian county of Tekov until 1918, while the east of the district was in Hont County: Farná in the south was in the county of Esztergom .-...

 in the Nitra Region

Nitra Region

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 of Slovakia

Slovakia

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History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1037 as "FORUM REGINE". The second time Batovce was mentioned as "MERKATUM REGINE". In 1327 Hungarian King Karoly named Batovce as The Royal City. In the medieval times it was known as "The city of Queens" and it was one of three free cities in the Hont and Tekov region. After World War II a village called Jalaksova was connected with Batovce. During the 1970s, the Lipovina Water Dam was built and nowadays it is one of the centers of tourism in Levice region.

Geography

The village lies at an altitude

Altitude

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of 231 metres and covers an area of 31.628 km².
It has a population of about 1075 people.

Facilities

The village has a public library, a cinema, a gym and swimming pool and a football pitch.

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html