Želiezovce

Želiezovce Zseliz
Town
Coat of arms
Želiezovce Location in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°02′55″N 18°39′37″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Nitra
District	Levice
First mentioned	1274
Government
• Mayor	András Juhász (Independent)
Area
• Total	56.52 km2 (21.82 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	139 m (456 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	6,645
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	937 01
Area code	+421 36
Car plate	LV
Website	www.zeliezovce.sk

Želiezovce or Zseliz (Hungarian: Zselíz; German: Zelis) is a town in the Levice District in the Nitra Region in Slovakia. It is on the river Hron. About 6,500 people live there.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	7602	7522	7056	6558
Progress:		-1.05%	-6.19%	-7.05%

Population statistics

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	6588	6558
Progress:		-0.45%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	3519	52.08%
Hungarian	2993	44.3%
Not found out	551	8.15%
Total	6756

In year 2021 was 6756 people by ethnicity 3519 as Slovak, 2993 as Hungarian, 551 as Not found out, 33 as Czech, 16 as Romani, 6 as Chinese, 6 as Other, 5 as Ukrainian, 5 as Rusyn, 5 as Russian, 4 as Bulgarian, 3 as Vietnamese, 3 as Polish, 2 as German, 1 as Italian, 1 as Moravian and 1 as French.

Note on populationThe 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+ %)

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	3012	44.58%
None	2151	31.84%
Calvinist Church	630	9.33%
Not found out	514	7.61%
Evangelical Church	256	3.79%
Total	6756

In year 2021 was 6756 people by religion 3012 from Roman Catholic Church, 2151 from None, 630 from Calvinist Church, 514 from Not found out, 256 from Evangelical Church, 62 from Greek Catholic Church, 30 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 19 from Other, 17 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 13 from Ad hoc movements, 10 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 10 from United Methodist Church, 7 from Buddhism, 5 from Old Catholic Church, 5 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 3 from Islam, 3 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2 from Church of the Brethren, 2 from Baptists Church, 1 from Jewish community, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Hinduism, 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 1 from Bahá'i Community.

Twin towns

Želiezovce is twinned with:

• Barcs, Hungary
• Makó, Hungary
• Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
• Trstená, Slovakia

Other websites

• Official website (in Slovak)