Piešťany (Slovak pronunciation: (listen); German: Pistyan, Hungarian: Pöstyén, Polish: Pieszczany [pjɛˈʂtʂanɨ], Czech: Píšťany [ˈpiːʃcanɪ]) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around 28,000 inhabitants. The name Piešťany comes from Slovak Piesok (sand), referring to local sandbanks. The etymology is straightforward – Piešťanci – people who live on the sandy site and Piešťany – their settlement. More information...
According to PR-model, piestany.sk is ranked 316,382nd in multilingual Wikipedia, in particular this website is ranked 1,166th in Slovak Wikipedia.
The website is placed before gipsygroove.jp and after vumo.mil.ru in the BestRef global ranking of the most important sources of Wikipedia.