Jesenské (Rimavská Sobota)
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Rimavská Sobota | ||
| Region : | Gemer | ||
| Area : | 17.139 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,283 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 133 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 214 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 980 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 47 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 18 ' N , 20 ° 5' E | ||
| License plate : | RS | ||
| Kód obce : | 515001 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Gabriel Mihályi | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Jesenské Sobocka 10 98002 Jesenské |
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| Website: | www.jesenske.sk | ||
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Jesenské (until 1927 in Slovak "Veladín", "Veledín" or "Feled", from 1927 to 1948 "Feledince"; in Hungarian Feled ) is a municipality in southern Slovakia . It is located in the southern Slovak basin at the foot of the Cerová vrchovina mountain range , at the mouth of the Gortva River in the Rimava , about 10 km south of Rimavská Sobota .
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1274. From 1938 to 1945 it belonged to Hungary again through the First Vienna Arbitration . In 1948, the place of national political reasons was in honor of the Slovak writer Janko Jesenský in Jesenské renamed.
Jesenské has a train station on the Zvolen – Košice railway line ; the Jesenské – Brezno railway branches off in town.
There are two churches in the village (from 1737 and 1898).
Culture
Personalities
- Ladislaus Beszedes (1874–1922), sculptor