Zálesie | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia#Slovakia Prešov Region |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Zálesie in Slovakia. |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 49.3244°N 20.3883°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Prešov Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kežmarok District |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Party: | SME-RODINA |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Martin Klimek |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.79 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 84 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 059 04 |
Area Code: | +421-52 |
Zálesie (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈzaːlesɪe/, hu|Gibely, de|Giebel, rue|Залесъє) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1520. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Zálesie was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 27 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Zálesie in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The municipality is at an altitude of and covers an area of . It has a population of about 84.