Boľkovce

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Boľkovce
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Boľkovce (Slovakia)
Boľkovce
Boľkovce
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Banskobystrický kraj
Okres : Lučenec
Region : Poiplie
Area : 10.993 km²
Residents : 622 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 57 inhabitants per km²
Height : 186  m nm
Postal code : 984 01 ( Lučenec post office )
Telephone code : 0 47
Geographic location : 48 ° 20 '  N , 19 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '13 "  N , 19 ° 46' 13"  E
License plate : LC
Kód obce : 511251
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Ladislav Vanko
Address: Obecný úrad Boľkovce
č. 80
984 01 Lučenec
Website: www.bolkovce.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Boľkovce (Hungarian Bolyk ) is a municipality in southern Slovakia with 622 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It belongs to the Okres Lučenec , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj .

geography

The village is located in the Lučenská kotlina basin (part of the Juhoslovenská kotlina ) on the right bank of the Ipeľ . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 186  m nm and is eight kilometers from Lučenec .

Next to the actual place Boľkovce is about three and a half kilometers to the west the settlement Boľkovská osada , including the location of the sports airfield Boľkovce (ICAO code: LZLU).

Neighboring communities are Pinciná in the north, Nitra nad Ipľom in the east and south-east, Holiša in the south and Lučenec in the west.

history

church

Boľkovce was first mentioned in writing as Bolk in 1320 . In 1828 there were 55 houses and 542 inhabitants.

The place in Neograd County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 and then came to Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. 1938–1944 he was again in Hungary due to the First Vienna Arbitration .

population

According to the 2011 census, Boľkovce had 650 inhabitants, of whom 441 were Slovaks, 125 Magyars and three Germans. 81 residents gave no answer. 449 residents committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 24 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, four residents to the Jehovah's Witnesses and one resident each to the Evangelical Methodist Church and one to the Orthodox Church. 58 inhabitants had no denomination and for 113 inhabitants the denomination was not determined.

Results after the 2001 census (669 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 72.80% Slovaks
  • 25.26% Magyars
  • 1.05% Roma

By denomination:

  • 85.95% Roman Catholic
  • 6.43% non-denominational
  • 4.63% Protestant
  • 2.24% no answer
  • 0.15% Greek Catholic

Buildings

  • Roman Catholic Dionysius Church in the classical style from the late 18th century
See also:  List of listed objects in Boľkovce

Personalities

  • István Katona (1732–1811), Hungarian abbot, theologian and historian

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak) ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ 2011 census by denomination (Slovak) ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Boľkovce  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files