Smolník
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Town | |
Smolník in 1998 | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Košice |
District | Gelnica |
Area | |
• Total | 68.97[1] km2 (26.63[1] sq mi) |
Elevation | 567[2] m (1,860[2] ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 968[3] |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Area code | +421 53[2] |
Website | www.smolnik.sk |
Smolník (German: Schmöllnitz, Hungarian: Szomolnok) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Etymology
[edit]The village got its name after the stream Smolník. Slovak: smola – pitch, smolník – a settlement of people who collected pitch or lived in a forest where the pitch was collected.[5] It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ Štefánik, Martin; Lukačka, Ján, eds. (2010). Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku [Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia] (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV. pp. 436, 445. ISBN 978-80-89396-11-5.
External links
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48°44′N 20°44′E / 48.733°N 20.733°E