{{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=January 2024}} {{Expand Slovak|date=January 2024}} }} {{distinguish|Iława}} {{for|the Indian caste|Billava}} {{Infobox Slovak place | name = Ilava | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Ilava.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = Ilava-ilava-flag.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Ilava.svg <!-- location --> | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Trenčín Region}} | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Ilava District <!-- maps and coordinates --> | pushpin_map = Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Ilava in the Trenčín Region##Location of Ilava in Slovakia | coordinates = {{coord|48.99|N|18.23|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}} <!-- government --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Viktor Wiedermann | leader_party = <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1229 <!-- 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 = 313 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 190 1<ref name="base_info"/> | area_code = +421 42<ref name="base_info"/> |registration_plate = IL <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.ilava.sk/}} }}

'''Ilava''' ({{Audio|Ilava (Slovak pronunciation).ogg|pronunciation}}; {{langx|de|Illau}}, {{langx|hu|Illava}}) is a town in the Trenčín Region, northwestern Slovakia.

== Geography == {{Slovak municipality/geo|313|<ref name="base_info"/>}}

==Name== The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were ''Lewe'', ''Lewa'' (the same historic name as Levice), ''Lewa de cidca fluviom Vag'', later ''Ilava''.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.ilava.sk/zakladne-informacie/o-meste |title=O menste |trans-title=About the town |website=Mesto Ilava - informačný server |publisher=Mestský úrad Ilava |access-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721131931/http://www.ilava.sk/zakladne-informacie/o-meste |url-status=dead }}</ref> The form ''Illava'' is known from the 19th century and was used after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.<ref name="about"/>

== Population == {{historical population|1970|4596|1980|5188|1991|5531|2001|5411|2011|5391|2021|5572|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/cd33d897-7314-41d0-a12b-a95e537d7a39/Statisticky_lexikon_obci_Slovenskej_republiky_2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy|language=sk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2021 - Population - Basic results|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/pocet-obyvatelov/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|date=2021-01-01}}</ref>}} {{Slovak municipality|pop}}

It has a population of {{Slovak municipality|p}} people (31 December {{Slovak municipality|y}}).{{Slovak municipality|P}}

=== Ethnicity === {{Slovak municipality|etno}}

=== Religion === {{Slovak municipality|relig}}

==Notable people== * Ivan Baranka (born 1985), ice hockey player * Mária Bieliková (born 1966), computer scientist * Hana Burzalová (born 2000), racewalker * Radoslav Ďuriš (born 1974), wheelchair curler * Artur Gajdoš (born 2004), association footballer * Katrina Grey (born 1991), actress * Marcel Hossa (born 1981), ice hockey player * Tomáš Kopecký (born 1982), ice hockey player, two-time Stanley Cup Champion * Marek Kvapil (born 1985), ice hockey player * Richard Pavlikovský (born 1975), ice hockey player * Natália Prekopová (born 1989), biathlete * Ľubomír Šatka (born 1995), association footballer * Tomáš Tatar (born 1990), ice hockey player * Pavel Traubner (1941–2024), neurologist

==Twin towns — sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}}

Ilava is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Úvodná strana|url=https://www.ilava.sk/|website=ilava.sk|publisher=Ilava|language=sk|access-date=2019-09-08}}</ref> *{{flagicon|HUN}} Győr, Hungary *{{flagicon|CZE}} Klimkovice, Czech Republic *{{flagicon|POL}} Mikołów, Poland

==See also== * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Ilava}} * [http://www.ilava.sk Official page] *[http://www.cisarik.com/0_Ilava_Ilava_TC_Trencsen_Trencin.html '''Surnames''' of living people in Ilava] {{Ilava District}} {{authority control}} Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia {{Trenčín-geo-stub}}