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Belá nad Cirochou
Belá nad Cirochou
Municipality
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	Coordinates: 48°58′N 22°06′E / 48.967°N 22.100°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Snina
First mentioned	1451
Area
• Total	17.34 km2 (6.70 sq mi)
Elevation	211 m (692 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	3,339
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	067 81
Area code	+421 57
Car plate	SV
Website	www.belanadcirochou.sk

Belá nad Cirochou (Rusyn: Бела над Цірохов, Hungarian: Cirókabéla) is a large village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1451. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Belá nad Cirochou was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1944, it was part of the Slovak Republic. In the autumn of 1944, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Belá nad Cirochou and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 207 metres and covers an area of 17.356 km². It has a population of about 3315 people.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"

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