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Brezov
Brezov
Municipality
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	Coordinates: 49°09′N 21°30′E / 49.15°N 21.50°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Bardejov District
First mentioned	1335
Area
• Total	6.89 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	342
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	870 1
Area code	+421 54
Car plate	BJ
Website	brezov.sk

Brezov (Hungarian: Nyírjes) is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1335. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Brezov was part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 18 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Brezov and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 190 metres and covers an area of 6.894 km². It has a population of about 435 people.

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

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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