Spišská Stará Ves Explained

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 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
Area Note:

Spišská Stará Ves (German: Alt(en)dorf; Hungarian: Szepesófalu or Hungarian: Ófalu; Спіська Стара Вес; Polish: (Stara) Spiska Wieś; Latin: Antiqua Villa; Goral: Golembarg) is a small town and urban municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

History

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.

Geography

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.

Demographics

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) . www.statistics.sk . 2024-02-08.
  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) . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) . www.statistics.sk . 2024-02-08.
  4. Web site: Municipal Statistics . Statistical Office of the Slovak republic . 2007-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html . 2007-11-16.