Leopoldov
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°26′N 17°46′E / 48.44°N 17.77°E / 48.44; 17.77
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava Region
District	Hlohovec District
First mentioned	1664
Government
• Mayor	Tereza Kavuliaková
Area [1]
• Total	5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	3,873
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	920 41[3]
Area code	+421 33[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	HC
Website	www.leopoldov.sk

Leopoldov (before 1948 Mestečko; German: Leopold-Neustadtl; Hungarian: Lipótvár) is a town in the Trnava Region of Slovakia, near the Váh river. It has a population of around 4,000 inhabitants. The city is the location of Leopoldov Prison, a high-security correctional institution.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 142 metres (466 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 5.65 km² (2.18 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

The town was founded in 1664-1669 as a fortress against the Ottoman Turks on the initiative of Emperor Leopold I (hence the name). It was granted town status in 1669. The fortress has served as a state prison since 1855. A village called "Leopold" (German also: Leopoldstadt, Hungarian since 1873: Lipótvár) was made part of Leopoldov in 1882. In modern Slovakia, Leopoldov is an important transfer point of railway tracks.

Leopoldov was founded on fields of old villages of Červeník (former 'Verešvár') and Šulekovo (former Beregsek).

It has a population of 3873 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 3973 people by ethnicity 3799 as Slovak, 157 as Not found out, 23 as Czech, 12 as Hungarian, 9 as Other, 7 as Russian, 5 as Romani, 4 as Rusyn, 4 as German, 1 as Romanian and 1 as Moravian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 3973 people by religion 2621 from Roman Catholic Church, 973 from None, 192 from Not found out, 78 from Evangelical Church, 24 from Other, 18 from Ad hoc movements, 15 from Greek Catholic Church, 13 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 9 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 8 from Buddhism, 6 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 5 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 4 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 2 from Islam, 2 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Calvinist Church, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Apostolic Church.

• Kuřim, Czech Republic
• Fertőszentmiklós, Hungary

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  The railway station in Leopoldov.
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  Pillory on the Square of Ignatius of Loyola in Leopoldov.

• Official website (in Slovak)