Svätý Jur | city, town

Slovakia / Bratislavsky / Svaty Jur /
 city, town
Svätý Jur (German: Sankt Georgen, Hungarian: Szentgyörgy) is a small town northeast of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The name means Saint George. Between 1960 and 1990, the Communist government forced the town to use a "non-religious" name Jur pri Bratislave. Svätý Jur has a population of almost 5,000.

Svätý Jur is situated in the Pezinok District of the Bratislava Region in southwestern Slovakia. The surrounding areas include large vineyards in the nearby Little Carpathians and the unique Šúr swamps, a protected area.

Website:
www.svatyjur.sk/english.php
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svätý_Jur
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Coordinates:   48°15'8"N   17°12'52"E