Krivá
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Žilinský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Dolny Kubin | ||
| Region : | Orava | ||
| Area : | 18.877 km² | ||
| Residents : | 800 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 42 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 545 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 027 55 (post office Dlhá nad Oravou ) | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 43 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 17 ' N , 19 ° 29' E | ||
| License plate : | DK | ||
| Kód obce : | 509761 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Juraj Leginus | ||
| Address: | Obecny úrad Krivá Krivá 180 02755 |
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| Website: | www.kriva.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Krivá (Hungarian Kriva ) is a municipality in Okres Dolný Kubín within Žilinský kraj in Slovakia , with 800 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).
geography
Krivá is located on the left bank of the Arwa between the Oravská Magura and Skorušinské vrchy mountain ranges in the Western Carpathians , 11 kilometers from Tvrdošín , 22 kilometers from Dolný Kubín and 86 kilometers from the regional capital Žilina .
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1575 (other sources speak of 1550). The place was predominantly agricultural, with a proportion of pottery and weaving. Around 1900 there were major waves of emigration, particularly to the United States.
Today's neo-Romanesque parish church of St. Josef was built in 1925/26. Julius Adam created the rich interior decoration in 1936; it was restored in 1994.
