Selec

Selec (Hungarian: Szelec) is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.

Selec
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48.78°N 17.98°E / 48.78; 17.98
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín Region
District	Trenčín District
First mentioned	1439
Area [1]
• Total	24.80 km2 (9.58 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	323 m (1,060 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,006
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	913 36[2]
Area code	+421 32[2]
Car plate	TN
Website	www.selec.sk

History

The village was first mentioned in historical records of 1439. During World War II, on the December 3, 1944, German troops invaded the village and arrested 56 men from the village for help to partisans. 50 from them have been later taken to the concentration camps where 45 of them died.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 319 metres and covers an area of 24.802 km². It has a population of about 957 people. From a geomorphological point of view of the village lies in Fatra-Tatra Area in the northern part of the Považský Inovec Mts.