Gbely

	Gbely
	Town
	Archangel Michael church in Gbely
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Skalica
Elevation	190 m (623 ft)
Coordinates	48°42′58″N 17°07′20″E / 48.71611°N 17.12222°E
Area	59.945 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population	5,149 (31 December 2005)
Density	86 / km2 (223 / sq mi)
First mentioned	1392
Mayor	Jozef Hazlinger
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	908 45
Phone prefix	421-34
Car plate	SI
	Location of Gbely in Slovakia
	Location of Gbely in the Trnava Region
	Wikimedia Commons: Gbely
	Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
	Website: http://www.gbely.sk

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Coordinates: 48°42′58″N 17°07′20″E / 48.71611°N 17.12222°E

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Geography

Gbely lies at an altitude of 190 metres (623 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 59.945 square kilometres (23.1 sq mi).^[1] It is located in the Záhorie region, in the Chvojnická pahorkatina hills, around 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the district seat Skalica and 75 kilometres (47 mi) the Slovak capital Bratislava.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 5,223 inhabitants. 96.09% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.26% Czechs 0.96% Roma,and 1% Amit.^[1] The religious make-up was 83.40% Roman Catholics, 14.57% people with no religious affiliation and 0.69% Lutherans.^[1]