Kapušany

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Kapušany
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Kapušany (Slovakia)
Kapušany
Kapušany
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Prešov
Region : Šariš
Area : 11.31 km²
Residents : 2,250 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 199 inhabitants per km²
Height : 279  m nm
Postal code : 082 12
Telephone code : 0 51
Geographic location : 49 ° 3 ′  N , 21 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 37 ″  N , 21 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
License plate : PO
Kód obce : 524620
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Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Slávka Guteková
Address: Obecný úrad Kapušany
Hlavná 104/6
08212 Kapušany
Website: www.kapusany.sk
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Kapušany ( Hungarian Kapi ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia . It is located in the northern foothills of the Košická kotlina between the Slanské vrchy and the Šarišská vrchovina on the Sekčov river, about 8 km from Prešov .

View of the town and the castle in the background

The place was first mentioned as Kapy in 1248 .

The sights in the municipality are: ruins of a medieval castle (13th century), church of Saint Martin from 1789 and a rococo-style castle.

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