Kunešov (German: Kuneschhau; Hungarian: Kunosvágása) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
Kunešov | |
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Village | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Kunešov Location of Kunešov in the Banská Bystrica Region  Kunešov Kunešov (Slovakia) | |
| Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 18°52′00″E / 48.73333°N 18.86667°E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Banská Bystrica |
| District | Žiar nad Hronom |
| First mentioned | 1342 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Slašťan (Independent) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.63[2] km2 (9.12[2] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 779[3] m (2,556[3] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 199[1] |
| Postal code | 966 35[3] |
| Area code | +421 45[3] |
| Car plate | ZH |
| Source:[5] | |
The village once belonged to the German language island of Hauerland but the majority of the German population was expelled at the end of World War II. It still has a German minority (14% according to the 2011 census).[6]
References
edit- ^ "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 [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.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ William Richter, Deutsche Sprachinseln in der Slowakei mit Fokus auf das Hauerland – Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, in: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, Vol. 20 (2021), p.266
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