Barca, Rimavská Sobota District

Barca Baraca
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48.3731°N 20.2297°E / 48.3731; 20.2297
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Rimavská Sobota District
First mentioned	1334
Area [1]
• Total	11.50 km^2 (4.44 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	194 m (636 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	597
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	982 51[2]
Area code	+421 47[2]
Car plate	RS
Website	obecbarca.webnode.sk

Barca (earlier also Borica, Baraca; Hungarian: Baraca) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1343 (1343 Barasta, 1345 Barachcha) as a royal donation to the family of the knight Ratold. Historically, the village was the part of the Kingdom of Hungary until 1920. From the 16th century it belonged to the Chapter of Eger, later on to the Jesuits of Košice. From 1938 to 1945 it was part of Hungary again under the First Vienna Award.

Demographics

The vast majority of the municipality's population consists of the local Romani community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 96% of the local population.[4] This is a Hungarian-speaking community, with 95% reporting this language as their mother tongue in the 2021 census.[5]

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica (Slovak: Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici).

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1789-1896 (parish A)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1730-1896 (parish B)
• Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1707-1871 (parish B)

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

1. "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.
2. "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
3. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
4. 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.
5. https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/struktura-obyvatelstva-podla-materinskeho-jazyka/OB/SK0329514501/OB

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/barca/barca.html
• Surnames of living people in Barca

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