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Jurské
Jurské
Municipality
	Center of Jurské
	Jurské Location in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 49°12′00″N 20°21′30″E / 49.20000°N 20.35833°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Kežmarok
Area
• Total	7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Elevation	640 m (2,100 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,398
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	059 94
Area code	+421 52
Website	http://www.jurske.ocu.sk

Jurské (Hungarian: Szepesszentgyörgy, German: Sankt Georgen, Rusyn: Юрске) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.^[5]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1294. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Jurské 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 Jurské in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 647 metres and covers an area of 3.826 km². It has a population of about 1000 inhabitants.

Demographics

According to 2021 census, Jurské has a total population of 1372. The vast majority of this population consists of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 98% of the local population.^[6]

In the village is kindergarten. elementary school, football pitch and a foodstuff store. Cultural sightseeings are baroque Roman Catholic and classical evangelical churches.

References

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "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 ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ "Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic" (PDF). Výsledky SODB 2011. Štatistický úrad SR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ 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.

Genealogical resources

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

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1768-1896 (parish B)
Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1822-1925 (parish B)
Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1785-1906 (parish B)

External links

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[1] "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

[area-2] "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.

[base_info-3] "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

[pd-4] "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

[5] "Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic" (PDF). Výsledky SODB 2011. Štatistický úrad SR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[6] 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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