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# 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Doubles

Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski were the defending champions; however, they didn't start this year. Unseeded Frederik Nielsen and Joseph Sirianni won in the final 4–6, 6–4, [10–6], against 1st-seeded Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana.

## Seeds

* Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana (final)
* Harel Levy / David Martin (first round)
* Treat Conrad Huey / Dominic Inglot (quarterfinals)
* Kaden Hensel / Adam Hubble (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Sa Ratiwatana So Ratiwatana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Jones B Klein | 4 | 3 | | 1 | Sa Ratiwatana So Ratiwatana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A El Tabakh Z White | 2 | 5 | | | P Amritraj B Evans | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Amritraj B Evans | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | Sa Ratiwatana So Ratiwatana | 5 | 7 | [11] | | | | | |
| 4 | K Hensel A Hubble | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | K Hensel A Hubble | 7 | 6$^{10}$ | [9] | | | | | |
| WC | S Diez F Peliwo | 2 | 0 | | 4 | K Hensel A Hubble | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bloomfield A Feeney | 4 | 5 | | | P Capdeville C Salamanca | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Capdeville C Salamanca | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Sa Ratiwatana So Ratiwatana | 6 | 4 | [6] |
| | P-L Duclos I Sijsling | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | F Nielsen J Sirianni | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | F Nielsen J Sirianni | 6 | 6 | | | F Nielsen J Sirianni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Klaasen I van der Merwe | 4 | 7 | [3] | 3 | TC Huey D Inglot | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | TC Huey D Inglot | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | | F Nielsen J Sirianni | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | | | | |
| | H Kondo G Soeda | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | J Levine V Pospisil | 4 | 7 | [8] | | | | | |
| | J Levine V Pospisil | 6 | 6 | | | J Levine V Pospisil | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Chvojka P Polansky | 6 | 3 | [10] | WC | E Chvojka P Polansky | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H Levy D Martin | 3 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski – Doubles

Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble won in the final 7–6(5), 3–6, [11–9], against Scott Lipsky and David Martin.

## Seeds

* Rik de Voest / Rogier Wassen (semifinals)
* Scott Lipsky / David Martin (finals)
* Kaden Hensel / Adam Hubble (champions)
* Prakash Amritraj / Martin Slanar (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | R de Voest R Wassen | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P-L Duclos P Polansky | 4 | 6 | [7] | 1 | R de Voest R Wassen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Pospisil M Raonic | w/o | | | | A Brugués-Davi N Roshan | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Brugués-Davi Nima Roshan | | | | | | | | | 1 | R de Voest R Wassen | 6 | 5 | [7] | | | | | |
| 3 | K Hensel A Hubble | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | K Hensel A Hubble | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | |
| WC | P Bester Kamil Pajkowski | 2 | 2 | | 3 | K Hensel A Hubble | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Evans A Kuznetsov | 6 | 7 | | | B Evans A Kuznetsov | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Gârd L Tavares | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Hensel A Hubble | 7 | 3 | [11] |
| | D Danilović M Ryderstedt | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Lipsky D Martin | 6$^5$ | 6 | [9] |
| ALT | A Anderson G Tošić | 6 | 3 | [10] | ALT | A Anderson G Tošić | 6 | 1 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | B Klein J Millman | 2 | 6 | [9] | 4 | P Amritraj M Slanar | 2 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Amritraj M Slanar | 6 | 4 | [11] | | | | | | ALT | A Anderson G Tošić | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | |
| | A Bogomolov Jr. N Monroe | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Lipsky D Martin | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | N Lindahl M Matosevic | w/o | | | | A Bogomolov Jr. N Monroe | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Weintraub Zachary White | 4 | 6 | [5] | 2 | S Lipsky D Martin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Lipsky D Martin | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# Scan2CAD

Scan2CAD is a commercial raster-to-vector and vector-to-vector conversion and editing computer-aided design software application which is developed and maintained in the UK by Avia Systems.

## History

Scan2CAD's first version was released in April 1993. The publishing company was Softcover International. This company continued to publish the software until 2010 when Avia Systems acquired the software.
The development team has continued to be the same throughout the full lifetime of the software.
Scan2CAD is now used across the world by a very wide variety of users ranging from government and large industrial organisations to smaller individual firms. It has been translated to localised language versions including Polish, Italian, French and Japanese. The Scan2CAD software is recommended by leading imaging hardware companies such as HP, Canon and Fuji Xerox.

## Code Names

From version 10.0 Scan2CAD's major version releases use code names that reference great mathematicians.
It was described that these code names are intended to "take inspiration" from the stories of these mathematicians.
| Version number | Code name | Initial release date | Mathematician who inspired code name |
| 10.0 | Euclid | July 17, 2018 | Eukleides of Alexandria |
| 10.1 | Galois | March 1, 2019 | Évariste Galois |
| 10.2 | Lovelace | November 12, 2019 | Ada Lovelace |
| 10.3 | Cantor | May 25, 2020 | Georg Cantor |
| 10.4 | Gauss | October 8, 2020 | Carl Friedrich Gauss |
| 10.5 | Hilbert | June 26, 2024 | David Hilbert |

## Supported file types

Below lists all types of the file supported by Scan2CAD starting from version 8.
Raster file types: BMP, PCX, IMG, TIFF, CALS, JPEG, JPEG2K, GIF, PNG, CIT, PDF
Vector file types: DXF, DWG, SVG, HPGL, WMF, EMF, TXF, PDF (vector graphics)

## Technologies used

A non-exhaustive list of the technologies used by Scan2CAD in the raster-to-vector and vector-to-vector conversion process.
| Methodology | Process |
| Vectorization/Image tracing | Conversion |
| Artificial neural networks | Conversion |
| Object recognition | Conversion |
| Optical Character Recognition (OCR) | Conversion |
| Adaptive Classifier or Cube | Conversion |
| Gaussian function | Raster Processing |
| Thresholding | Raster Processing |
| Edge detection/Edge following | Raster Processing |
| Canny edge detection | Raster Processing |
| Blob detection | Raster Processing |
| Image segmentation | Raster Processing |
| Image thinning/Image erosion | Raster Processing |
# 2023 in Croatia

Events in the year 2023 in Croatia.

## Incumbents

* President: Zoran Milanović
* Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković

## Events
### January

* 1 January – Croatia adopted the euro and became the 20th member state of the eurozone. This was the first enlargement of the monetary union since Lithuania's entry in 2015. Croatia also joined the Schengen Area and became its 27th member. This was the first enlargement of the Schengen Area since Liechtenstein's entry in 2011.

## Deaths
### January

* 1 January – Ferdinand Zovko, bariton and university professor (b. 1943).
* 2 January
** Zvonimir Iveković, athlete (b. 1935).
** Ivka Dabetić, actress (b. 1936).
* 3 January – Mirko Zelić, academic and scientist (b. 1936).
* 5 January – Željko Kućan, academic and biochemist (b. 1934).
* 8 January – Martin Semenčić, sound designer and film editor (b. 1980).
* 10 January – Fabijan Lovrić, poet (b. 1953).
* 16 January – Miro Glavurtić, painter, writer and mystic (b. 1932).
# 2023 in Ecuador

Events in the year 2023 in Ecuador.

## Incumbents

* President:
** Guillermo Lasso (until 23 November)
** Daniel Noboa (from 23 November)
* Vice President:
** Alfredo Borrero (until 23 November)
** Verónica Abad Rojas (from 23 November)

## Events

* 5 February — 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
* 26 February — Assassination of Eduardo Mendúa.
* 16 March — 2023 Guayas earthquake: A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400.
* 20 March — Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries.
* 27 March — At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province.
* 28 March — Assassination of Nathaly López Borja.
* 17 May — 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
* 23 July — Assassination of Manta's mayor, Agustín Intriago.
* 9 August — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated by gunmen at a campaign rally in Quito.
* 10 August — Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.
* 12 August —
** Ecuador transfers head of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to La Roca maximum security prison. He is accused of threatening presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before his assassination.
** Andrea González Náder, the running mate of assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is nominated by the Movimiento Construye party to run for president.
* 15 August — Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas.
* 20 August — First round of the 2023 Ecuadorian general election occurs.
* 3 September — Footballer Yarol Tafur is shot dead.
* 15 October —
** Ecuadorians vote in the second round of their presidential election, choosing between the candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa.
** The National Electoral Council declares Noboa as president-elect with González conceding defeat. Noboa is Ecuador's youngest president-elect.
* 22 December — Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas requests asylum in Mexico.
# Savin' My Love for You

"Savin' My Love for You" is a song recorded by American country music artist Pake McEntire. It was released in April 1986 as the second single from his album Too Old to Grow Up Now. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was written by Michael Clark.

## Chart performance

| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 4 |
# Red TV (Serbian TV channel)

Red TV is a Serbian pay television channel distributed in Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia, owned by Pink International Company.
Launched on 4 November 2012 as Pink 2, as Red TV it began broadcasting on 3 October 2020.
# Raines Tavern, Virginia

Raines Tavern is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County on Virginia State Route 45 just north of Farmville, Virginia, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905, and on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917.
The Virginia General Assembly chartered the Piedmont Coal Company for John Dalby in 1860. The coal field was idle until 1891 when the Farmville Coal and Iron Company began leasing land, selling stock, and reopened the Piedmont mines. The Farmville Coal and Iron Company built a one-and-a-half mile spur rail line from the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad to the mine at Rains Tavern. This railroad provided transport from the mine to the docks at Bermuda Hundred in the Tidewater region.
# Sayerlack

Sayerlack is an Italian multinational company leading the wood coatings market. The company, which employs over 300 people in Italy, has two production sites: the main one is in Pianoro (Bologna), and the second one is in Mariano Comense (Como). The R&D laboratories are located in Pianoro and in Mariano Comense. Headquarters and sales offices are in Pianoro. Production is mainly dedicated to the industrial market, with the Linea Pro professional products; the DIY market is served by the Linea Blu product range. Sayerlack distributes its products in over 80 countries worldwide through its foreign branches (France, Great Britain, Spain, Singapore and the USA) and a global distribution network. Since 2010, the Sayerlack brand has belonged to the American Group Sherwin-Williams, the leading coating company in America and the third in the world.

## History

Sayerlack was established in 1954 in Bologna for the purposes of producing coatings to finish, protect and ennoble wood, with particular emphasis on furniture, accessories for furniture and fittings. In 1958, the first R&D centre opened, and in 1988, the first waterborne coatings were created, representing an innovative product for the industry. In 1987, the British Group Hickson International PLC acquired 100% of the company. In 1990, following a series of acquisitions by Hickson International PLC, Hickson Coatings Europa was born; in December 1993, Hickson Coatings Italia was created. In July 2000, the American Group Arch Chemicals, Inc. acquired 90% of the shares of Hickson International PLC and starting from August 2000 Hickson Coatings Italia S.p.A. (owner of the Sayerlack brand) became part of it. In 2010, the American multinational corporation Sherwin-Williams acquired Sayerlack.

## Products

The range of Sayerlack products comprises polyurethane, water-based, nitrocellulose, polyester, UV and water-based UV coatings, and stains. Coatings are designed for bathroom, kitchen, living room, bedroom furniture, parquet flooring, doors and windows, nautical furnishing, and picture frames; besides these products, the Sayerlack range includes fire retardant and antibacterial coatings, and stains for wood.
# Sayo (given name)

Sayo (written: 沙世, 沙代 or 紗世) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Sayo Aizawa (相沢 紗世, born 1978), Japanese model and television personality
* Sayo Hayakawa (早川 沙世, born 1983), Japanese fashion model
* Sayo Nomura (野村 沙世, born 1989), Japanese long-distance runner
* Sayo Shiota (塩田 沙代, born 1989), Japanese handball player
* Sayo Yamamoto (山本 沙代, born 1977), Japanese anime director
* Kitamura Sayo (北村 サヨ, 1900 – 1967), founder of the Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō

## Fictional characters

* Sayo Aisaka (相坂 さよ), a character in the manga series Negima!
* Sayo Arima (有馬 小夜), a character in the manga series Double-J
* Sayo Hitsugi (柩 小夜), a character in the manga series Triage X
* Sayo Hikawa (氷川 紗夜), a character in the media franchise BanG Dream!
* Sayo Ishihara (石原 砂代), a character in the manga series A.I. Love You
* Sayo Kaburagi (鏑木 小夜), a character in the OVA series One Off
* Sayo Kotobuki (寿 沙夜), a character in the manga series Gals!
* Sayo Oharu (大治 小夜), a character in the tokusatsu series Mashin Sentai Kiramager
* Sayo Shizumori (静森 早夜), a character in the manga series My Girlfriend is Shobitch
* Sayo Takahashi (高橋 沙夜), a character in the manga series Recorder and Randsell
* Sayo Yarai (矢来 小夜), a character in the manga series Sora no Manimani
* Sayo Yasuda (安田 紗代), a character in the visual novel Umineko When They Cry
* Sayo Yuuki (結城 小夜), a character in the video game Shikigami no Shiro
* Sayo Samonji (左文字 小夜), a character in the online game and anime series "Touken Ranbu"
# 2010 InterLiga

The 2010 InterLiga was the seventh and last edition of the tournament. It determined the last two Mexican berths in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

## Venues

| Stadium | City | Capacity |
| Home Depot Center | Carson, CA | 27,000 |
| Pizza Hut Park | Frisco, TX | 20,500 |
| Robertson Stadium | Houston, TX | 32,000 |

## Qualification

Qualification to this year's InterLiga remains the same. The qualified teams were the eight best-positioned teams in the 2009 Apertura general table who did not qualify for the 2010 Copa Libertadores directly (Morelia, San Luis, and Guadalajara) and did not qualify for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League from the previous season (Toluca, Cruz Azul, Pachuca, and UNAM).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Toluca | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 35 | Not eligible |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 33 | Not eligible |
| 3 | Morelia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 33 | 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 4 | América | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 30 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 30 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 27 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 7 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 8 | Pachuca | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 24 | Not eligible |
| 9 | Atlante | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 23 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 10 | UANL | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 22 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 11 | San Luis | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 21 | Automatically qualified for Round of 16 |
| 12 | Estudiantes Tecos | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 20 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 13 | Chiapas | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 19 | 2010 InterLiga |
| 14 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 19 | Automatically qualified for Round of 16 |
| 15 | Atlas | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 18 | |
| 16 | Querétaro | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 18 | |
| 17 | UNAM | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 17 | Not eligible |
| 18 | Ciudad Juárez | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 6 | |
* ↑ The berth to the 2010 Copa Libertadores goes to the highest placed team currently not participating in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, or that already have a berth in the 2010 Copa Libertadores. This excludes Toluca, Pachuca, Cruz Azul, UNAM, San Luis, and Guadalajara.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| América | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| Estudiantes Tecos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Atlante | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Puebla | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Monterrey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| Chiapas | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| UANL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |

## Finals

Kickoffs are given in UTC-6.
# Schloss Kaltenberg

The Schloss Kaltenberg is a castle in the village of Geltendorf in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The castle was built in 1292 and is currently under the proprietorship of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, the great-grandson of the last king of Bavaria, Ludwig III.

## History

* 1292 the castle is built by Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria
* 1320 the castle is destroyed during a family feud
* 1425 the castle is rebuilt by the Augsburger Patrician Peter Rehlinger
* 1468 sold to the house of Hundt zu Lautterbach
* 1514 the historian Wiguläus Hundt was born in the castle
* 1612 the castle is assumed by the Jesuits
* 1633 during the Thirty Years' War the Swedish destroy the castle
* 1781 the Knights of Malta assume ownership
* 1870 a brewery is founded and the castle was renovated in the neo-Gothic style, which remains to the present
* 1900 the painter Lorenzo Quaglio assumes ownership. Quaglio lived in the Castle and made many paintings of the Castle and its surroundings. Lorenzo's brother Domenico is known as architect of the most famous Castle in Bavaria, namely Neuschwanstein.
* c. 1920 the castle brewery joined the Unionbrewery in Munich, which was owned by the brewer Josef Schülein. Due to the war his family fled to America but returned in 1948 and claimed their property back.
* 1955 the Schulein heirs sold the castle to Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (1923–2010), the mother of Prince Luitpold.

## The castle today

Since 1870 part of the König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei is housed in the Schloss Kaltenberg. Over 100,000 hectoliters of beer are produced there, about one-quarter to one-third of the company's total production. Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, CEO of the brewery, and his family currently reside in the castle. The castle also offers a ballroom for events as well as two restaurants. The castle is also host to a knights' tournament that draws over 10,000 visitors.
# Raje Vishveshvar Rao

Raje Vishveshvar Rao a.k.a. Raja Saheb, Aheri or Raja Saheb (c. 1926 – 27 March 1997) was an Indian Gond Raje (king) and politician. He was a Member of Parliament of India and was member of the 6th Lok Sabha. Raje Vishveshvar Rao represented the Chandrapur constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Bharatiya Lok Dal political party.

## Early life

Rao was born in Aheri, in the state of Maharashtra. Rao inherited the monarchy and became the Raje of Aheri.

## Political career

Rao joined politics after Indian independence. Rao held the position of MLA in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for three terms before becoming a Member of Parliament in the 6th Lok Sabha of India. He was a member of the Bharatiya Lok Dal political party.

## Posts held

| # | From | To | Position |
| 01 | n/a | n/a | Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (three terms) |
| 02 | 1977 | 1979 | Member, 6th Lok Sabha |
# Rajecká dolina valley

Rajecká dolina valley is a part of southern part of Žilina county in Slovakia. It is usually confused with Rajecká kotlina, which is only a part of the whole valley located between Rajecká Lesná and Turie. Axis of the land is river Rajčanka.

## Definition

The valley covers whole watershed of the river Rajčanka, starting at the source located south-west of town of Čičmany, ending by the estuary of the river of Váh. Unlike the Rajecká kotlina it cover both villages of Čičmany and Fačkov, south part of village of Porúbka, village of Lietavská Lúčka a city of Žilina.

## History

The valley faced heavy fighting during the Slovak National Uprising.

## Transport

Through the valley passes the main road connecting city of Žilina and region of Horná Nitra, national road I/64, to which are connected all other villages of the region. From the city of Považská Bystrica up to the city of Rajec a national road national road II/517is leading. Main role covers rail roads between Žilina and Rajec rail road, which covers both passenger and goods transport.