Prakovce

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Prakovce
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Prakovce coat of arms
Prakovce (Slovakia)
Prakovce
Prakovce
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Košický kraj
Okres : Gelnica
Region : Spiš
Area : 31.908 km²
Residents : 3,342 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 105 inhabitants per km²
Height : 393  m nm
Postal code : 055 62
Telephone code : 0 53
Geographic location : 48 ° 49 '  N , 20 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '0 "  N , 20 ° 54' 0"  E
License plate : GL
Kód obce : 543497
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Martin Czebrik
Address: Obecný úrad Prakovce
333
05334 Prakovce
Website: www.prakovce.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Prakovce (German Prakendorf , Hungarian Prakfalva - until 1907 Prakfalu ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia .

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location

It is located in the Slovak Ore Mountains in the Göllnitz Valley , 7 km from the town of Gelnica . The place has its own rail connection on the Margecany – Červená Skala railway line .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1368 as Villa Prakonis .

Personalities

  • Karl Slover (1918–2011), American actor of Slovak descent, born in 1918 as Karl Kosiczky in Prakfalva.

Web links

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