Valaškovce

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Valaškovce
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Valaškovce (Slovakia)
Valaškovce
Valaškovce
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Humenné
Region : Horný Zemplín
Area : 119.229 km²
Residents : 0 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 0 inhabitants per km²
Height : 548  m nm
Postal code : 066 01
Telephone code : 0 57
Geographic location : 48 ° 55 '  N , 22 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 55 '0 "  N , 22 ° 5' 0"  E
License plate : HE
Kód obce : 518638
structure
Community type : Military area
administration
Mayor : -
Address: Obvodný úrad vojenského obvodu Valaškovce
Partizánska 433
066 01 Kamenica nad Cirochou
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Valaškovce is a military site and the name of a former municipality in Okres Humenné , eastern Slovakia . The congruent military training area is called Kamenica nad Cirochou (after the municipality of the same name ). Along with Lešť and Záhorie, Valaškovce is one of three military areas in Slovakia.

The area lies in the Vihorlat and covers 119.23 km². It is forested to 85 percent and with a height of 1076  m nm highest mountain in the Vihorlatgebirges which also Vihorlat is, is in the field. The former town center is 15 km east of the city of Humenné .

The former municipality (the Hungarian name used until 1918 was Pásztorhegy ) was founded around 1630 and mentioned for the first time in 1635. The residents of the community, who at that time had 49 houses, were evicted in 1937 and the community dissolved to make way for a military training area. The majority of the population settled in Nové Valaškovce, a district of Humenné . Finally, on February 1, 1952, the area was declared a military area, which includes the entire cadastral area of ​​Valaškovce and parts of the cadastral areas of other 13 municipalities.

Only the church, a cemetery and a few gardens have been preserved from the former parish.

The military area is still in active use today and no closure is planned in the near future.

Individual evidence

  1. Valaškovce. on: portal.gov.sk
  2. Rezort obrany obvod Valaškovce rušiť neplánuje. on: korzar.sme.sk January 23, 2011.