Gbely

Gbely (German and Hungarian: Egbell) is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia, close to the Czech border.

Key facts

Slovak place.name: Gbely
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Gbely - catholic church - panoramio.jpg
Slovak place.image_flag: Gbely-skalica-flag.svg
Slovak place.image_shield: Coat of arms of Gbely.png
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Skalica District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Gbely in the Trnava Region##Location of Gbely in Slovakia
Slovak place.leader_title: Mayor
Slovak place.leader_name: Jozef Hazlinger
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date: 1392
Slovak place.elevation_m: 172
Slovak place.postal_code_type: Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code: 908 45

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Gbely
Population: 4801
Area: 59.920081
Elevation: 190
Official website: www.gbely.sk
Image: Gbely - catholic church - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 034
Licence plate code: SI

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postal code: 908 45
Commons category: Gbely
email address: mailto:[email protected]
time of earliest written record: 1392-00-00
phone number: +421-34-690-64-11
inception: 1392-00-00
native label: Gbely
street address: Mestský úrad Námestie slobody 1261

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Notable Resident
Twin towns — sister cities
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Gbely (German and Hungarian: Egbell) is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia, close to the Czech border.

==History== The first written record about Gbely was in 1392. It gained town rights in the 16th–17th centuries. Petroleum was discovered in 1912 and extraction started in 1914.