Hozelec

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Hozelec
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Hozelec (Slovakia)
Hozelec
Hozelec
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Poprad
Region : Tatry
Area : 4,000 km²
Residents : 774 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 194 inhabitants per km²
Height : 695  m nm
Postal code : 059 11
Telephone code : 0 52
Geographic location : 49 ° 2 '  N , 20 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '58 "  N , 20 ° 20' 43"  E
License plate : PP
Kód obce : 523496
structure
Community type : local community
Structure of the municipality: 2 parts of the community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Jozef Pavligovský
Address: Obecný úrad Hozelec
Hlavná 58
059 11 Hozelec
Website: hozelec.webovka.eu
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Hozelec (until 1927 Slovak "Hozolec"; German High salt or Hoseletz , Hungarian Ószelec - until 1907 Hozelec ) is a municipality in the east of Slovakia , with a population of 774 (as of December 31, 2019) . It belongs to Okres Poprad , which is part of the higher Prešovský kraj district .

geography

The municipality is located in the Podtatranská kotlina (Lower Tatra Basin ) in the traditional Spiš landscape , between the Gánovský potok and Hozelský potok brooks , which belong to two different catchment areas: the former belongs to that of the Baltic Sea, while the second belongs to the Black Basin Sea. Hozelec is five kilometers from Poprad .

Administratively, the municipality is divided into the main town of Hozelec and the settlement Úsvit, which is located four kilometers northeast of Hozelec.

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1243.