Vyšný Komárnik | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
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 Vyšný Komárnik in the Prešov Region##Location of Vyšný Komárnik in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 49.4°N 64°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1600 |
Area Total Km2: | 6.60[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.55 |
Elevation M: | 434[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,424 |
Population Total: | 76[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 11.82[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 4.56 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 090 05 |
Area Code: | +421 54 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | SK |
Vyšný Komárnik (Hungarian: Felsőkomárnok) is a village and municipality in Svidník District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia, in the Laborec Highlands.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1600.
During World War II, Vyšný Komárnik was the first liberated village on the territory of (then) Czechoslovakia.[5] [6]
In 1949, the Czechoslovak government erected a memorial and cemetery southeast of the Dukla border crossing, It contains the graves of several hundred Russian and Czechoslovak soldiers. Several other memorials and cemeteries have also been erected in the region.[5] [6]
The municipality lies at an altitude of 440 metres and covers an area of 6.000 km². It has a population of about 79 people. It is also lying near the Dukla Pass, as well as near international border crossing with Poland.