Spišská Stará Ves | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kežmarok |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Spišská Stará Ves in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 49.3836°N 20.3628°W |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jozef Harabin |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1272 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 17.53 |
Elevation M: | 487[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,598 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 2197 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET (UTC+1) |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 061 01 |
Area Code: | +421 52 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | KK |
Website: | www.spisskastaraves.sk |
Spišská Stará Ves (de|Alt(en)dorf; hu|Szepesófalu or hu|Ófalu; rue|Спіська Стара Вес; pl|(Stara) Spiska Wieś; la|Antiqua Villa; Goral: Golembarg) is a small town and urban municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
In historical records the town was first mentioned in 1272. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Spišská Stará Ves was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Spišská Stará Ves and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The town and municipality lies at an altitude of 505 metres and covers an area of 17.533km². It has a population of about 2,200 people. Spišská Stará Ves is the centre of Zamagurie region and is close to the Dunajec River.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 2,355 inhabitants. 93.76% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 4.50% Roma, 0.53% Polish, 0.30% Czechs and 0.25% Ukrainians.[4] The religious makeup was 93.25% Roman Catholics, 2.93% Greek Catholics, 1.66% people with no religious affiliation and 0.85% Lutherans.[4]