Zboj | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Prešov |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Snina |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Zboj in the Prešov Region##Location of Zboj in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 49.0333°N 51°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1567 |
Area Total Km2: | 50.54[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 19.51 |
Elevation M: | 345[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,132 |
Population Total: | 268[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 5.47[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 2.11 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 067 68 |
Area Code: | +421 57 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | SV |
Zboj (Hungarian: Harcos, Збой) is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1567. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Zboj was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. From 1939 to 1944, as a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of Hungary. On 18 October 1944, the Red Army entered Zboj and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 356 metres and covers an area of 50.542 km2. According to the 2013 census it had a population of 353 inhabitants.