Smolník, Gelnica District
Smolník (German: Schmöllnitz, Hungarian: Szomolnok) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Smolník
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Town | |
 Smolník in 1998 | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Košice |
| District | Gelnica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68.97[1] km2 (26.63[1] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 567[2] m (1,860[2] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 968[3] |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code | +421 53[2] |
| Website | www.smolnik.sk |
Etymology
The village got its name after the stream Smolník. Slovak: smola – pitch, smolník – a settlement of people who collected pitch or lived in a forest where the pitch was collected.[4] It belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.
References
- "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- Štefánik, Martin; Lukačka, Ján, eds. (2010). Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku [Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia] (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV. pp. 436, 445. ISBN 978-80-89396-11-5.
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