Ilava
Ilava is a town in the Trenčín Region, northwestern Slovakia.
Name
The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were Lewe, Lewa, Lewa de cidca fluviom Vag, later Ilava. The form Illava is known from the 19th century and was used after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.Population
It has a population of people.Notable people
- Ivan Baranka, ice hockey player
- Mária Bieliková, computer scientist
- Hana Burzalová, racewalker
- Radoslav Ďuriš, wheelchair curler
- Artur Gajdoš, association footballer
- Katrina Grey, actress
- Marcel Hossa, ice hockey player
- Tomáš Kopecký, ice hockey player, two-time Stanley Cup Champion
- Marek Kvapil, ice hockey player
- Richard Pavlikovský, ice hockey player
- Natália Prekopová, biathlete
- Ľubomír Šatka, association footballer
- Tomáš Tatar, ice hockey player
- Pavel Traubner, neurologist
Twin towns — sister cities
Ilava is twinned with:- Győr, Hungary
- Klimkovice, Czech Republic
- Mikołów, Poland