Záhorce

Municipality in Slovakia

48°07′N 19°21′E / 48.117°N 19.350°E / 48.117; 19.350Country

SlovakiaRegionBanská BystricaDistrictVeľký KrtíšFirst mentioned1236Area

• Total17.97^[2] km² (6.94^[2] sq mi)Elevation

154^[3] m (505^[3] ft)Population

(2020)

• Total672^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

991 06^[3]

Area code+421 47^[3]Car plateVKWebsitewww.zahorce.sk

Záhorce (Hungarian: Erdőmeg) is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

Záhorce lies on the right bank of the river Ipeľ in the Krtíš valley . At present, the municipality of Záhorce includes in its territorial division also two former independent villages of Selešťany and Podlužany.

Monuments

The Evangelical church, a simple one-aisle tolerance building with a semi-circularly finished presbytery and a tower of 1781. After a fire in 1831, the church was restored, similarly in 1846. The interior is flat-ceilinged with a fabion. The altar is a simple Baroque column architecture from the 18th century. The church facades are smooth, the windows have a semi-circular finish. The tower, divided by pilasters, is finished with a bell helmet.

References

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.