Horné Pršany
| Horné Pršany | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Banská Bystrica | ||
| Region : | Horehrony | ||
| Area : | 3.526 km² | ||
| Residents : | 398 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 113 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 630 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 974 05 (Post Office Banská Bystrica ) | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 48 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 42 ' N , 19 ° 5' E | ||
| License plate : | BB | ||
| Kód obce : | 508641 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Ivan Dobrota | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Horné Pršany č. 11 974 05 Banská Bystrica |
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| Website: | www.horneprsany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Horné Pršany ( Hungarian Felsőperesény - to 1888 Felsőprsán ) is a municipality in the middle of Slovakia , with a population of 398 (as of December 31, 2019) and is part of the Banská Bystrica District , a circle of kraj Banskobystrický .
geography
The community is located on the eastern slope of the Kremnica Mountains , which merge further east into the Zvolenská kotlina basin . The municipal area is characterized by mountain ridges that are divided by several stream valleys. The center of the village lies at an altitude of 630 m nm and is eight kilometers from Banská Bystrica .
Neighboring communities are Malachov in the north, Banská Bystrica (Kremnička district) in the east and Badín in the south and west.
history
The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1407 as Persian and is a continuation of a settlement founded in the 13th century. The first inhabitants mainly worked as charcoal burners in connection with the mining activity around Neusohl, especially during the time of the Hungarian Copper Trading Company in the first half of the 16th century. Associated with this was another occupation as a carter, some of which lasted until the first half of the 20th century. After the fall of the mining industry, the inhabitants were employed as lumberjacks, farmers and cattle keepers, even though the soil was not very fertile. In 1828 there were 26 houses and 178 inhabitants.
The former district of Dolné Pršany was spun off in 1863 and is now part of the Malachov municipality.
Until 1918 the place in Sohl County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or today Slovakia.
population
According to the 2011 census, 374 people lived in Horné Pršany, 367 of them Slovaks and five Czechs . Two residents did not provide any information about their ethnicity .
142 residents committed to the Evangelical Church AB, 81 residents to the Roman Catholic Church, nine residents to the Evangelical Methodist Church, eight residents to the Jehovah's Witnesses and five residents to the Greek Catholic Church; seven residents professed a different denomination. 115 inhabitants were without religious denomination and the denomination was not determined for seven residents.
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- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
