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Levice (pronunciationⓘ; Slovak pronunciation: [ˈleʋitse]; Hungarian: Léva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈleːvɒ]; German: Lewenz) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Slavic name of the town was Leva, which means "the Left One".
The town is located in the north-eastern corner of the Danubian Lowland, 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of Bratislava, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south-east of Nitra, 32 kilometres (20 miles) south-west of Banská Štiavnica, 55 kilometres (34 miles) south-west of Zvolen and 25 kilometres (16 miles) from the border with Hungary.
It is the seat of the Levice District, which is the largest district in Slovakia at 1,551 square kilometres (599 square miles). The town's heraldic animal is lion (Slovak: lev), and the town's colours are green and yellow.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 165 metres (541 ft) and covers an area of 60.99 km2 (23.55 sq mi) ().
Levice is first mentioned as Leua, one of the villages belonging to the parish of St. Martin's Church in Bratka (Hungarian: Baratka) in 1156. It was part of the comitatus Tekov (Bars).
First attacked by the Turks in 1544, the town was set on fire while the Levice Castle was left unharmed. Between 1581 and 1589, the settlement was the seat of the Captaincy of Lower Hungary. The town was captured by the Turks in 1663 but recaptured only a year later by the Imperial Army led by General de Souches in the Battle of Levice, which took place beneath the town's castle.
During the anti-Habsburg revolution of 1709, the fort was blown up by kuruces. After the break-up of Austria-Hungary, the town became part of Czechoslovakia according to demarcation lines drawn by Entente forces in late 1918, with Czechoslovak troops reaching the city in January 1919 and Hungary giving up claim over it in 1920 by signing the Trianon treaty. As part of the breakup of Czechoslovakia under the Munich Agreement in World War II, the town again belonged to Hungary from 1938 to 1945. At the end of the Second World War it was returned to the restored Czechoslovakia. In 1993 it became part of present-day Slovakia.
It was the hometown of Hungarian-American Eugene Fodor (1905–1991), the founder of Fodor's travel book company.
It has a population of 30,161 people (31 December 2025).
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 values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.
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.
Roman Catholic (majority), Reformed Protestant (Calvinist), Moravian Brethren (the biggest congregation in Slovakia), Lutheran, Baptist, Old Catholic Church, Adventist of the 7th Day, Modrý kríž (Blue Cross), several Charismatic and Pentecostal communities, Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslim community (non-practising), Jewish community (non-practising), atheists
Textiles, cosmetics, furniture, products from locally obtained Golden Onyx, machinery and construction components, cereals, meat, eggs, dairy products, soft drinks, malt, wine (Levická frankovka is a trademark for locally produced red-wine). One of Slovakia's two nuclear power plants is in Mochovce, 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) north-west of Levice.
There are 8 elementary schools (7 secular including 1 Hungarian, and 1 Roman Catholic school), Gymnazium Andreja Vrabla, a general High School, a Hungarian Calvinist High School (Lyceum), a Business Academy, a Pedagogical and Social Academy, a Secondary Technical School, a Secondary Agricultural School and various apprentice schools.
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