Roštár Explained

Roštár (Hungarian: Restér) is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1318. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Roštár was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 343 metres and covers an area of 8.549 km².

Population

On 31 December 2011, it had a population of 551 people.^[1]

Culture

The village has a public library and a gymnasium

External links

Roštár
https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

Notes and References

http://portal.statistics.sk/files/Sekcie/sek_600/Demografia/Obyvatelstvo/tabulky/pocet_obyvatelov/2011/poc_obyv_2011_n.zip Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky – 31. december 2011 (ZIP 128,1 kB)