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It is located in the Žiar Basin, on the Hron river, around 40 km from Banská Bystrica and 170 km from Bratislava.In addition to the main settlement, the city includes two annexed neighbourhoods: ghost village of Horné Opatovce (since 1969) and a Šášovské Podhradie, south-east of the city, annexed in 1971.
Sklené Teplice (German: Glasshütte, Hungarian: Szklenófürdő) is a small spa village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It is close to the historic town of Banská Štiavnica.
Kremnické Bane (German: Johannesberg; Hungarian: Jánoshegy) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.. The village once belonged to the German language island of Hauerland but the majority of the German population was expelled at the end of World War II.
Hronská Dúbrava (Hungarian: Felsőbesenyő) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Genealogical resources [ edit ]
Lúčky (German: Honneshau; Hungarian: Jánosrét, until 1890: Lucska) is a village and municipality in the Žiar nad Hronom District of the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The town belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.
Stará Kremnička (Hungarian: Ókörmöcke) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. References [ edit ]
Major cities and towns on the Hron are Brezno, Banská Bystrica, Sliač, Zvolen, Žiar nad Hronom, Žarnovica, Nová Baňa, Tlmače, Levice, Želiezovce, and Štúrovo. The river's basin covers 5,465 km 2 (2,110 sq mi), [1] which is approximately 11 percent of Slovakia's territory. Hron is a popular destination of water tourism.
In October 2012, work began [2] on an almost 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) half-profile bypass around Žiar nad Hronom, which was put into operation on 15 December 2014 [3].. On 10 November 2015, a 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi) long section Pstruša - Kriváň (in construction since 2013) was opened to traffic for a cost of EUR 177 million, after construction there was completed by Doprastav [4].