Betlanovce | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Košice |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Spišská Nová Ves |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Betlanovce in Košice Region##Location of Betlanovce in Slovakia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 48.9667°N 43°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1311 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.12[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.91 |
Elevation M: | 547[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,795 |
Population Total: | 756[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 74.08[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 28.60 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 053 15 |
Area Code: | +421 53 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | SN |
Betlanovce (Hungarian: Betlenfalva) is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
The name "Terra Bethlem", the earth of Bethlem, was mentioned as early as 1260 in a written document. In historical records the village itself was first mentioned in 1311 as "villa Bethlem", meaning a village belonging to Bethlem.
The village was once part of the County of the Ten Lance-bearers (Sedes X lanceatorum), a historical autonomous administrative unit within the wider Spiš county. The County of the Ten Lance-bearers existed between the 12th century and 1802, when it merged with the Spiš county proper. Between 1725 and 1803 this institution resided in Betlanovce.
The village lies at an altitude of 546 metres and covers an area of 10.124 km².It has a population of about 638 people.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"