Partizánske

History

Partizánske is a young town. Its history starts in 1938–1939, when Jan Antonín Baťa of Zlín and his powerful network of companies built a shoe factory in the cadastral area of Šimonovany municipality. The newly created settlement for workers carried the name of Baťovany and was part of Šimonovany. With the growth of the factory, so grew the settlement. The whole municipality was renamed to Baťovany in 1948 and given town status. As a sign of recognition of local inhabitants fighting in the Slovak National Uprising, the town was renamed Partizánske on 9 February 1949. The factory was renamed by communists to Závody 29. augusta (29 August works), and it produced 30 million pairs of shoes and employed around 10,000 people. However, after a failed privatisation in the 1990s, only a fraction is left now.

Population

It has a population of 20,096 people (31 December 2025).

Ethnicity

In year 2021 was 21,439 people by ethnicity 19,432 as Slovak, 1878 as Not found out, 123 as Czech, 90 as Romani, 77 as Other, 62 as Hungarian, 27 as Russian, 17 as Rusyn, 17 as Polish, 16 as German, 13 as Irish, 11 as English, 7 as Jewish, 7 as Ukrainian, 6 as Vietnamese, 6 as Italian, 6 as Serbian, 6 as Moravian, 4 as Chinese, 4 as Austrian, 3 as Turkish, 3 as Albanian, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Romanian, 1 as Greek, 1 as French, 1 as Croatian and 1 as Bulgarian.

Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.

Religion

In year 2021 was 21,439 people by religion 12,141 from Roman Catholic Church, 6392 from None, 1878 from Not found out, 391 from Evangelical Church, 130 from Greek Catholic Church, 100 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 87 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 70 from Ad hoc movements, 50 from Other, 43 from Calvinist Church, 39 from Buddhism, 23 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 15 from Islam, 14 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 13 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 10 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 8 from Hinduism, 8 from United Methodist Church, 7 from Jewish community, 6 from Apostolic Church, 4 from Church of the Brethren, 3 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 3 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 from Old Catholic Church and 2 from Baptists Church.

Sport

The association football team ŠK Slovan Šimonovany plays at the stadium in the east of the town, off the Nemocničná cesta road. The stadium was a former venue for motorcycle speedway from 1958 to 1965 and hosted a final round of the Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship in 1961 and 1962.

Another football team FK Tempo Partizánske play at the Rudolfa Jašíka stadium in the south of the town, which is adjacent to and on the right of the ice hockey stadium (Zimný štadión).

Notable people

• Peter Dvorský (born 1951), opera singer
• Miroslav Dvorský (born 1960), opera singer
• Ján Fabo (born 1963), sport shooter
• Petra Popluhárová (born 1988), handball player

Twin towns – sister cities

Partizánske is twinned with:

• Bajina Bašta, Serbia
• Benešov, Czech Republic
• Krapkowice, Poland
• Náchod, Czech Republic
• Svit, Slovakia
• Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
• Vukovar, Croatia