Stráne pod Tatrami (German: Forberg, Hungarian: Tátraalja, Rusyn: Странє под Татрамі) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.[5]
Stráne pod Tatrami | |
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Municipality | |
  Stráne pod Tatrami Location in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 49°09′30″N 20°22′00″E / 49.15833°N 20.36667°E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Prešov |
| District | Kežmarok |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.21[2] km2 (1.63[2] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 693[3] m (2,274[3] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,348[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 059 76[3] |
| Area code | +421 52[3] |
| Website | https://www.stranepodtatrami.sk/ |
History
editIn historical records the village was first mentioned in 1438. It belonged to a German language island. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Stráne pod Tatrami 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 Stráne pod Tatrami in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. The German population was expelled in 1945.
Geography
editThe municipality lies at an altitude of 700 metres and covers an area of 4.218 km² . It has a population of about 2000 inhabitants.
Demographics
editAccording to 2010 census total population had been 2083. In the village is sizeable Roma nationality, which had been claimed by 1078 inhabitants, which is ca. 52% of the total population. In 2010 there had been 1039 males and 1044 females, what is ca. 50% for both.
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.
- ^ "Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic" (PDF). Výsledky SODB 2011. Štatistický úrad SR. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
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