Toporec
Toporec | |
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  Toporec Location of Toporec in the Prešov Region  Toporec Location of Toporec in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 49°16′N 20°30′E / 49.27°N 20.50°E | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Region |  Prešov Region |
| District | Kežmarok District |
| First mentioned | 1277 |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.13 km2 (10.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 603 m (1,978 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 2,041 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 599 4[2] |
| Area code | +421 52[2] |
| Car plate | KK |
| Website | www |
Toporec (Hungarian: Toporc, German: Topporz, Rusyn: Топорец) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
History
[edit]In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1277. Between 1000 and 1918, it was a part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918 it became part of Czechoslovakia. The 1773 and 1796 censuses recorded a Slovak majority.[4][5]
In 1818 Artúr Görgei was born in Toporec.
In 1910 the village had 818 mainly German inhabitants of Lutheran confession.[6] It was part of the German language island of the Oberzips. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Toporec was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Toporec and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. After the end of World War II the German population was expelled according to the Beneš decrees.[7]
Demographics
[edit]The majority of the municipality's population consists of the members of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 70% of the population.[8]
Geography
[edit]The municipality lies at an altitude of 572 metres and covers an area of 28.122 km2 . It has a population of about 1690 people.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ VÁLYI, András. Magyarországnak leirása. Budín, 1796.
- ^ Lexicon universorum Regni Hungariae locorum populosorum, 1773. http://mtdaportal.extra.hu/ADATBANK/Lexicon_lcorum.PDF
- ^ Magyar statisztikai Közlemények, 1910. Évi Népszámlálás. A népesség főbb adatai Községek és népesebb puszták, telepek szerint. (Budapest 1912) 248-249
- ^ Das Schicksalsjahr der Karpatendeutschen, Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Ábel Ravasz, Ľuboš Kovács and Filip Markovič, Atlas rómskych komunít 2019. Bratislava: Veda, 2020, ISBN 978-80-224-1874-4, database appendix available at: https://www.institutmatejabela.sk/atlas.
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