Konská (Žilina)

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Konská
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Konská (Slovakia)
Konská
Konská
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Žilinský kraj
Okres : Žilina
Region : Severné Považie
Area : 5.311 km²
Residents : 1,582 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 298 inhabitants per km²
Height : 455  m nm
Postal code : 013 13 (post office Rajecké Teplice )
Telephone code : 0 41
Geographic location : 49 ° 7 '  N , 18 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 6 '50 "  N , 18 ° 40' 40"  E
License plate : ZA
Kód obce : 517682
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Janka Stupňanová
Address: Obecný úrad Konská
410
013 13 Konská
Website: www.obeckonska.info
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Konská (Hungarian Kunfalva , until the end of the 19th century Konszka ) is a municipality in northern Slovakia with 1582 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) in Okres Žilina , a district of Žilinský kraj .

geography

The village of Konská is located in the southwestern part of the Žilinská kotlina basin at the end of the Porubská dolina , which extends into the Little Fatra . The 5.3 km² municipal area consists of brown forest soils and gravel sediments from the Porubský potok stream , a tributary of the Rajčanka . The center of the village is at an altitude of 455  m nm and is 18 kilometers south of Žilina .

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1350 as villa Kunzka , between 1888 and 1951 Rajecké Teplice was an official part of the village.

population

Results after the 2001 census (1300 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 99.77% Slovaks
  • 0.08% Czechs

By denomination:

  • 98.00% Roman Catholic
  • 0.69% no information
  • 0.62% non-denominational

Buildings

  • Roman Catholic Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in the classical style, built in 1840