Zubrohlava

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Zubrohlava
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Zubrohlava (Slovakia)
Zubrohlava
Zubrohlava
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Žilinský kraj
Okres : Námestovo
Region : Orava
Area : 15.256 km²
Residents : 2,359 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 155 inhabitants per km²
Height : 630  m nm
Postal code : 029 43
Telephone code : 0 43
Geographic location : 49 ° 27 '  N , 19 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '40 "  N , 19 ° 30' 40"  E
License plate : NO
Kód obce : 510246
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Pavol Bugeľ
Address: Obecný úrad Zubrohlava
Plátennícka 464
029 43 Zubrohlava
Website: www.zubrohlava.eu
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Zubrohlava (Hungarian Bölényfő ) is a municipality in northern Slovakia with 2359 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is located in Okres Námestovo , a district of the Žilinský kraj .

geography

Zubrohlava Church

The municipality is located in the hill country Podbeskydská vrchovina in the traditional Orava (German Arwa ) landscape not far from the Polish border on the Polhoranka brook , which flows into the Orava reservoir not far from the municipality . The center of the village, at an altitude of 620  m nm , is located five kilometers northeast of Námestovo .

history

The place is mentioned for the first time on a map from 1550; there he is mentioned as Zbracslaua . In 1958 the place was badly affected by a flood.

Loosely translated, the place name means "bison head".

population

Results after the 2001 census (1968 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 98.88% Slovaks
  • 0.66% Czechs
  • 0.20% Poland

By religion:

  • 97.26% Roman Catholic
  • 1.37% non-denominational
  • 1.17% no information

Web links

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