Handlová
Town
St. Catherine Church in Handlová
Coat of arms
Handlová Location of Handlová in the Trenčín Region Show map of Trenčín Region Handlová Location of Handlová in Slovakia Show map of Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°43′38″N 18°45′43″E / 48.72722°N 18.76194°E / 48.72722; 18.76194
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Prievidza
Founded	1376
Government
• Mayor	Silvia Grúberová
Area [1]
• Total	85.55 km2 (33.03 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	465[2] m (1,526[2] ft)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	15,780
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	972 51[2]
Area code	+421 46[2]
Car plate	PD
Website	www.handlova.sk

Handlová (German: Krickerhau; Hungarian: Nyitrabánya) is a town in the Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of Slovakia.

In year 2021 was 16,199 people by ethnicity 14,589 as Slovak, 1469 as Not found out, 96 as Czech, 87 as Romani, 76 as Hungarian, 46 as German, 28 as Other, 25 as Russian, 17 as Rusyn, 14 as Polish, 9 as Austrian, 8 as Romanian, 7 as Vietnamese, 5 as Ukrainian, 4 as Irish, 4 as Moravian, 3 as Chinese, 3 as English, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Greek, 2 as Croatian, 1 as Italian, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Silesian 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.

In year 2021 was 16,199 people by religion 9372 from None, 4019 from Roman Catholic Church, 2096 from Not found out, 226 from Evangelical Church, 93 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 91 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 88 from Greek Catholic Church, 54 from Ad hoc movements, 30 from Other, 26 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 21 from Calvinist Church, 16 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 16 from Buddhism, 10 from United Methodist Church, 9 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 6 from Baptists Church, 5 from Old Catholic Church, 5 from Hinduism, 4 from Jewish community, 4 from Islam, 4 from Apostolic Church, 2 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1 from Church of the Brethren and 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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