Levice

Levice (Hungarian: Léva; German: Lewenz) is a town in western Slovakia. It is the capital of the Levice District. The town is on the river Hron. About 30,000 people live there.

Levice
Town
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°12′59″N 18°36′29″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Nitra
District	Levice
First mentioned	1156
Government
• Mayor	RNDr. Ján Krtík
Area [1]
• Total	61.00 km2 (23.55 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	165[2] m (541[2] ft)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	31,081
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	934 01[2]
Area code	+421 36[2]
Car plate	LV
Website	www.levice.sk

Levice was first mentioned in 1156 as Leua.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)^[4]

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	36,176	36,310	33,977	30,556
Progress:		+0.37%	-6.42%	-10.06%

Population statistics^[4]

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	30,823	30,556
Progress:		-0.86%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[5][6]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	26,971	84.35%
Hungarian	3037	9.49%
Not found out	2210	6.91%
Total	31,974

In year 2021 was 31,974 people by ethnicity 26,971 as Slovak, 3037 as Hungarian, 2210 as Not found out, 286 as Czech, 190 as Romani, 120 as Other, 46 as Russian, 36 as Ukrainian, 34 as German, 32 as Turkish, 31 as Polish, 25 as Chinese, 23 as Italian, 22 as Rusyn, 21 as Jewish, 20 as Bulgarian, 16 as Vietnamese, 15 as Croatian, 10 as Moravian, 9 as English, 6 as Albanian, 5 as Serbian, 5 as Romanian, 3 as Irish, 2 as Canadian, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Austrian and 1 as French.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[7]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	14,360	44.91%
None	10,822	33.85%
Not found out	2604	8.14%
Evangelical Church	1805	5.65%
Calvinist Church	936	2.93%
Church of the Brethren	399	1.25%
Total	31,974

In year 2021 was 31,974 people by religion 14,360 from Roman Catholic Church, 10,822 from None, 2604 from Not found out, 1805 from Evangelical Church, 936 from Calvinist Church, 399 from Church of the Brethren, 198 from Greek Catholic Church, 122 from Ad hoc movements, 109 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 103 from Other, 90 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 86 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 60 from Islam, 54 from Buddhism, 53 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 32 from Baptists Church, 28 from United Methodist Church, 24 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 24 from Apostolic Church, 17 from Jewish community, 17 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 13 from Old Catholic Church, 10 from Hinduism, 4 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church and 1 from Bahá'i Community.