| Svidník | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Svidník |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Svidník in the Prešov Region##Location of Svidník in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 49.3056°N 21.5678°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Marcela Ivančová |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1330 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 20.20 |
| Elevation M: | 225[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 738 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 9909 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 089 01 |
| Area Code: | +421 54 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | SK |
| Website: | www.svidnik.sk |
| Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity (2011) |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [4] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Slovak |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 67.2% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Rusyn |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 19.2% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Roma |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 3.1% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Ukrainian |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 2.0% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.9% |
| Demographics1 Title6: | Unreported |
| Demographics1 Info6: | 7.6% |
| Demographics Type2: | Population by religion (2011) |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [5] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Greek Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 38.2% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Orthodox |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 25.4% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Roman Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 21.4% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Lutheran |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 0.9% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Jehovah's Witness |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 0.4% |
| Demographics2 Title6: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info6: | 0.4% |
| Demographics2 Title7: | Non-religious |
| Demographics2 Info7: | 4.8% |
| Demographics2 Title8: | Unreported |
| Demographics2 Info8: | 8.5% |
| Area Note: | |
Svidník (Hungarian: Felsővízköz, German: Oberswidnik, Свідник, Ukrainian: Свидник) is a town in eastern Slovakia, the capital of the Svidník District in the Prešov Region. It has a population of around 11,000.
There is a monumental Soviet Army Memorial in the city, in memory of Battle of the Dukla Pass.
It is located in the Ondava Highlands, at the confluence of Ondava and Ladomírka rivers, located around 20km (10miles) from the Dukla Pass (Polish border) and around 55km (34miles) north-east of Prešov.
The town arose in 1944 by merger of two formerly independent municipalities of Nižný Svidník and Vyšný Svidník. The first written mention stems from 1355 as Scyuidnyk. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Nižný Svidník and Vyšný Svidník were part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, they were part of the Slovak Republic. On 19 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Svidník in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
According to a 2001 census, the town had 12,428 inhabitants. 79.60% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 13.04% were Rusyns, 4.07% were Ukrainian, 1.50% were of Romani descent and 0.39% were Czechs.[6] The religious make-up was 41.10% Greek Catholics, 25.82% Orthodox, 24.13% Roman Catholics, 5.17% people with no religious affiliation and 0.93% Lutherans.[6]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia.
Strzyżów, Poland Świdnik, Poland Jarosław, Poland Sanok County, Poland
Chrudim, Czech Republic
Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia
Rakhiv, Ukraine
Vrbas, Serbia