Kunešov Explained

Kunešov
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Slovakia
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Banská Bystrica
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Žiar nad Hronom
Pushpin Map:Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
Pushpin Relief:1
Coordinates:48.7333°N 18.8667°W
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1342
Area Total Km2:23.63[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:9.12
Elevation M:779[2]
Elevation Ft:2,556
Population Total:199[3]
Population Density Km2:8.46[4]
Population Density Sq Mi:3.27
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:966 35
Area Code:+421 45
Blank Name:Car plate
Blank Info:ZH
Footnotes:Source:[5]

Kunešov (German: Kuneschhau; Hungarian: Kunosvágása) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

The village once belonged to the German language island of Hauerland but the majority of the German population was expelled at the end of World War II. It still has a German minority (14% according to the 2011 census).[6]

References

  1. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] ]. sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  2. Web site: Základná charakteristika . sk . 2015-04-17 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  3. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  4. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  5. Web site: Municipal Statistics . Statistical Office of the Slovak republic . 2007-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070427022352/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html . 2007-04-27 . dead .
  6. William Richter, Deutsche Sprachinseln in der Slowakeimit Fokus auf das Hauerland – Vergangenheit,Gegenwart und Zukunft, in: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, Vol. 20 (2021), p.266