Stakčín
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Prešovský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Snina | ||
| Region : | Horný Zemplín | ||
| Area : | 167.742 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,434 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 15 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 257 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 067 61 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 57 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 0 ′ N , 22 ° 15 ′ E | ||
| License plate : | SV | ||
| Kód obce : | 520829 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Miroslav Bober | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Stakčín SNP 574/6 06761 Stakčín |
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| Website: | www.stakcin.eu | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Stakčín (Hungarian Takcsány - until 1902 Sztakcsin ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia .
location
It is located in the valley of the Cirocha river , about seven kilometers east of Snina and a few kilometers from the Starina reservoir , between the Vihorlatské vrchy and Bukovské vrchy mountains in the ( Forest Carpathians ).
The headquarters of the Poloniny National Park Administration is in Stakčín.
history
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1492 as Staccyn . Until 1918 it belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia .
After the occupation in the Slovak-Hungarian War in 1939, Stakčín was affiliated to Hungary as Takcsány until 1945 , since then the place has been part of Czechoslovakia again and, since 1993, of the newly formed Slovakia .
In 1981 the villages Ostrožnica , Smolník and Veľká Poľana were annexed, in 1985 Starina followed and in 1986 the villages Dara , Ruské and Zvala . All of these places are wholly or partly in the area of the Starina reservoir.
