Pohronská Polhora | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Brezno |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 48.75°N 66°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1786 |
Area Total Km2: | 35.76[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 13.81 |
Elevation M: | 619[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 2,031 |
Population Total: | 1683[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 47.29[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 18.26 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 976 56 |
Area Code: | +421 48 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | BR |
Website: | www.ppolhora.sk |
Pohronská Polhora (Hungarian: Erdőköz) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The first direct mention of the village dates back to 1786,[5] although it is known that the famous outlaw Jakub Surovec was captured there as early as 1740.[6]