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{{For|similarly named places|Tuřany (disambiguation){{!}}Tuřany}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Turany
| native_name             =
| other_name              =
| settlement_type         = Town
<!-- images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Turany01.JPG
| image_caption           = Evangelical church
| image_flag              =
| image_shield            = Coat of Arms of Turany.svg
| motto                   =
| nickname                =
| etymology               =
<!-- location -->
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{SVK}}
| subdivision_type1       = Region
| subdivision_name1       = [[Žilina Region|Žilina]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [[Martin District|Martin]]
<!-- maps and coordinates -->
| image_map               =
| map_caption             =
| pushpin_map             = Slovakia
| pushpin_relief          =
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Slovakia
| coordinates             = {{coord|49|07|N|19|03|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
<!-- established -->
| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1341
<!-- area -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="area">{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 46.74
<!-- elevation -->
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="base_info">{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 401
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7101rr/v_om7101rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>
| population_total        = 4161
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- time zone(s) -->
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         =
<!-- postal codes, area code -->
| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 038 53<ref name="base_info"/>
| area_code_type          =
| area_code               = +421 43<ref name="base_info"/>
| geocode                 =
| iso_code                =
| blank_name              = [[Slovak car registration plates|Car plate]]
| blank_info              = MT
<!-- website, footnotes -->
| website                 = [http://www.turany.sk www.turany.sk]
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Turany''' ({{langx|hu|Nagyturány}}) is a [[town]] and [[municipality]] in [[Martin District]] in the [[Žilina Region]] of northern [[Slovakia]].
==History==
In [[history|historical records]] the [[town]] was first mentioned in 1341. Before the establishment of independent [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1918, it was part of [[Turóc County]] within the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the [[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovak Republic]].
==Geography==
The [[municipality]] lies at an [[altitude]] of 406 metres and covers an [[area]] of 46.747&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It has a [[population]] of about 4,271 people.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
*http://turany.sk/
{{Martin District}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Villages and municipalities in Martin District]]
[[Category:Turiec]]
{{Žilina-geo-stub}}