Pôtor
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Veľký Krtíš | ||
| Region : | Poiplie | ||
| Area : | 19.281 km² | ||
| Residents : | 775 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 40 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 213 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 991 03 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 47 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 14 ' N , 19 ° 25' E | ||
| License plate : | VK | ||
| Kód obce : | 516295 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Structure of the municipality: | 2 parts of the community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Miroslav Činčura | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Pôtor č. 75 991 03 Pôtor |
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| Website: | www.potor.ocu.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Pôtor (Hungarian Nógrádszentpéter - until 1907 Szentpéter ) is a municipality in southern Slovakia with 775 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It belongs to the Okres Veľký Krtíš , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj .
geography
The community is located in the Ipeľská kotlina basin , more precisely in its subunit Pôtorská pahorkatina , in a hilly landscape at the confluence of the Koprovnica and Stará rieka rivers in the Ipeľ catchment area . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 213 m nm and is eight kilometers from Veľký Krtíš and 27 kilometers from Lučenec .
Administratively, the municipality is divided into the municipality parts Pôtor and Žihľava (incorporated in 1966, one and a half kilometers south of Pôtor).
Neighboring municipalities are Slovenské Kľačany in the north, Dolná Strehová in the east, Veľké Zlievce in the southeast, Malé Straciny in the south and Dolné Strháre in the west and northwest.
history
Pôtor was first mentioned in writing in 1297 and derives the name from St. Peter's Church. In the years 1332–37, it was mentioned as Petrus sacerdos Sancti Petri , the pastor at the time paid six groschen for the church tithing . In the 16th century the village was owned by the Balassa dynasty , and between 1554 and 1593 it was part of the Ottoman Empire as part of the Szécsény Sanjak . In the 17th and 18th centuries, Pôtor belonged to the territory of the Blauenstein castles in nearby Modrý Kameň and Divín . In 1869 there were 552 inhabitants in Pôtor and 273 in Žihľava.
Until 1918/1919 the place in Neograd County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia.
population
According to the 2011 census, 846 inhabitants lived in Pôtor, of which 794 were Slovaks , 7 Magyars , 3 Roma , 2 Czechs and 1 Moravian . 36 inhabitants did not give any information about their ethnicity .
401 residents committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 216 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, 4 residents to the Greek Catholic Church, 2 residents each to the Pentecostal movement and 2 residents to the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and 1 resident each to the Old Catholic Church and the Evangelical Methodist Church; 1 resident confessed to another denomination. 149 inhabitants had no denomination and the denomination of 66 inhabitants was not determined.
Buildings
- Protestant church from the 15th century
traffic
The 1st order road 75 runs through Pôtor from Sládkovičovo and Nové Zámky to Lučenec. In the center of the village, the 2nd order road 585 branches off, which also leads to Lučenec.
There is no rail connection, the nearest train station with regular passenger traffic is Lučenec on the Salgótarján – Vrútky railway line (part of route 160 there).
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)