Valaská Belá

Village and municipality in western Slovakia

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Village in Slovakia

48°53′N 18°24′E / 48.883°N 18.400°E / 48.883; 18.400Country

SlovakiaRegionTrenčínDistrictPrievidzaTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Valaská Belá (Hungarian: Bélapataka) is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.^[1]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1324.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 482 metres and covers an area of 64,774 km².^{[citation needed]} It has a population of about 2327 people.^{[citation needed]}

Religion

Churches in the village include the wooden Saint Michal church.^{[citation needed]} Local priest Juraj Gábor built the first single-aisle brick church^{[citation needed]} in 1737. At the end of the 18th century, the parishioners built the brick chapel. The present church is from the year 1800. Primarily it was a longitudinal single-aisle church with one tower ornamented with prissian^{[check spelling]} paintings.^{[citation needed]} In 1929, two aisles were added, ornamented similarly to the main aisle. In 1944, the interior was painted by Štefan Enhoff.^{[citation needed]}