Kameňany
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Revúca | ||
| Region : | Gemer | ||
| Area : | 31.342 km² | ||
| Residents : | 874 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 28 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 246 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 049 62 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 58 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 35 ' N , 20 ° 12' E | ||
| License plate : | RA | ||
| Kód obce : | 525812 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Erik Vranka | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Kameňany č. 6 049 62 Kameňany |
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| Website: | www.obec-kamenany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Kameňany (Hungarian Kövi ) is a municipality in the center of Slovakia with 874 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to the Okres Revúca , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj and is located in the traditional Gemer landscape .
geography
The municipality is located in the Slovak Ore Mountains , more precisely in the south of the Revúcka vrchovina mountains , on both sides of the Východný Turiec river . The municipality is hilly and partially deforested, with some iron ore deposits. The town center is located at an altitude of 243 m nm and is 13 kilometers from Jelšava, 24 kilometers from Revúca and 46 kilometers from Rimavská Sobota .
Neighboring municipalities are Nandraž in the north, Jelšava in the north-east, Prihradzany in the east, Držkovce in the south-east, Višňové in the south, Rybník in the south-west, Sása and Ratková in the west and Rákoš in the north-west.
history
The place Kameňany originated in the 12th century on the territory of the estate of the Gemer Castle and was mentioned for the first time in 1243 as Kevy . In the same year the Hungarian King Béla IV donated the property to the Bebek family . As early as 1273, the village became a small town, which among other things was allowed to elect its own mayor; due to disputes between two branches of Bebeks, Kameňany never became a town. In addition, there was a Franciscan monastery in the municipality in the Middle Ages. In the late Middle Ages, a total of seven villages and a castle developed from what was then the larger municipal area, now located above the village of Rákoš. In 1427 there were a total of 87 portals . After being devastated by a Turkish attack in 1555, the population at that time fell to around a quarter. In the 16th century some ironworks worked in the place. In 1828 there were 275 houses and 2,381 inhabitants who were employed in agriculture, as distillers, traders and shepherds. After this census, the population began to decline again.
Until 1918, the place in Gemer and Kleinhont County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia, or now Slovakia.
population
According to the 2011 census, 794 people lived in Kameňany, including 674 Slovaks, 66 Roma, 15 Czechs, two Poles and one Moravian. 28 residents gave no answer. 324 residents committed themselves to the Evangelical Church A. B, 126 residents to the Roman Catholic Church, five residents each to the Greek Catholic Church and the Reformed Church and two residents to the Jehovah's Witnesses. 296 residents had no denomination and 32 residents had no denomination.
Buildings
- Evangelical church, originally built in the Romanesque-Gothic style in the 13th century, after renovations in the 17th and 18th centuries mainly in the Renaissance, partly in the Baroque style. Inside the church, medieval frescoes, painted wood furnishings from the 18th century and an altarpiece from 1840 are particularly noteworthy.
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)
- Information about the local church (Slovak)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census by ethnicity. ( Memento of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; Slovak)
- ↑ 2011 census by denomination. ( Memento of September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; Slovak)