Žbince

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Žbince
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Coat of arms of Žbince
Žbince (Slovakia)
Žbince
Žbince
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Košický kraj
Okres : Michalovce
Region : Dolný Zemplín
Area : 15.069 km²
Residents : 991 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 66 inhabitants per km²
Height : 107  m nm
Postal code : 072 16 ( Hatalov post office )
Telephone code : 0 56
Geographic location : 48 ° 40 '  N , 21 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '59 "  N , 21 ° 52' 43"  E
License plate : MI
Kód obce : 523372
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Ján Jurko
Address: Obecný úrad Žbince
č. 34
072 16 Hatalov
Website: www.zbince.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Žbince (to 1927 "Veľké Žbince"; Hungarian Nagycseb ) is a municipality in the east of Slovakia with 991 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) that the Michalovce District of, part kraj Košický , heard, and in the traditional landscape Zemplín lies.

geography

The municipality is located in the northern part of the Eastern Slovak Lowlands, not far from the left bank of the Duša River. The center of the village is located at an altitude of 107  m nm and is 11 kilometers by road from Michalovce .

Neighboring municipalities are Vrbnica in the north, Lastomír in the northeast, Zemplínska Široká in the east, Sliepkovce in the southeast, Hatalov in the south, Ložín in the west and Bánovce nad Ondavou and Laškovce in the northwest.

history

Žbince was first mentioned in writing in 1221 when the municipality of Pozdišovce was delimited as Cheb . The place was owned by local landlords, in the 18th and 19th centuries the Barkóczy and Andrássy families . In 1828 there were 61 houses and 450 inhabitants who were employed as farmers, sheep and cattle herders.

Until 1918/1919, the place in Semplin County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia.

population

According to the 2011 census, Žbince had 982 inhabitants, including 945 Slovaks , five Roma , three Czechs and one Magyar and one Ukrainian each . 27 residents did not provide any information on ethnicity .

691 residents committed to the Roman Catholic Church, 197 residents to the Greek Catholic Church, 12 residents to the Orthodox Church, six residents to the Reformed Church, four residents to the Jehovah's Witnesses, three residents to the Evangelical Church AB and one resident to the Brethren. 13 residents were without a denomination and the denomination was not determined for 55 residents.

Buildings and monuments

  • Roman Catholic church in late Classicist style from 1843
  • Classical style chapel from 1804
See also:  List of listed objects in Žbince

Individual evidence

  1. Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)

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