Kunešov

Village in Slovakia
Coat of arms of Kunešov
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48°44′00″N 18°52′00″E / 48.73333°N 18.86667°E / 48.73333; 18.86667CountrySlovakiaRegionBanská BystricaDistrictŽiar nad HronomFirst mentioned1342Area
 • Total23.63[2] km2 (9.12[2] sq mi)Elevation
779[3] m (2,556[3] ft)Population
 (2021)
 • Total199[1]Postal code
966 35[3]
Area code+421 45[3]Car plateZHSource:[5]

Kunešov (German: Kuneschhau; Hungarian: Kunosvágása) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

The village once belonged to the German language island of Hauerland but the majority of the German population was expelled at the end of World War II. It still has a German minority (14% according to the 2011 census).[6]

References

  1. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. ^ "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
  6. ^ William Richter, Deutsche Sprachinseln in der Slowakei mit Fokus auf das Hauerland – Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, in: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, Vol. 20 (2021), p.266


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