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Michalovce is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia.
Originally named after the Archangel St Michael, it is the second-largest city in the Košice Region and the seat of the Michalovce District.
The city of present-day Michalovce along with the adjacent lowlands was settled in from the Palaeolithic era.
The town lies in the Košice Region, in the Eastern Slovak Lowland on the Laborec river, historically belonging to Zemplén County.
Michalovce is twinned with Cognac, France; Jarosław, Poland; Kavarna, Bulgaria; Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia; Pančevo, Serbia; Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary; Uzhorod, Ukraine; Villarreal, Spain & Vyškov, Czech Republic.
The total area of Michalovce is 52.807 km2
The first written reference to the town is from 1244.
The geographic coordinate of Michalovce: 48°45′19″N 21°54′48″E.
The estimated Population of Michalovce is 39,396.
Since 1993, with the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Michalovce has been part of Slovakia.
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