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Fun fact 2 about Bratislava

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The medieval settlement Brezalauspurc, attributed to Bratislava, was first mentioned in 907.

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Bratislava

Slovakia

Country
Slovakia
Population
475.5K
Coordinates
48.15, 17.11
492nd most populous city in the world

Bratislava is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city proper is about 479,000, the wider Bratislava Region exceeds 732,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1.3 million.

From the “Etymology” section

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Photo: Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 4.0