Vyšný Skálnik

Vyšný Skálnik
Felsősziklás
Municipality
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Vyšný Skálnik is located in Banská Bystrica Region
Vyšný Skálnik
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in the Banská Bystrica Region
Vyšný Skálnik is located in Slovakia
Vyšný Skálnik
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°28′N 19°58′E / 48.47°N 19.97°E / 48.47; 19.97
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica Region
DistrictRimavská Sobota District
First mentioned1334
Area
[1]
 • Total
5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
236 m (774 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
141
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
980 52[2]
Area code+421 47[2]
Car plateRS

Vyšný Skálnik (Hungarian: Felsősziklás) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. Now more or less tourist village with a water reservoir, constructed in the 1970s and now a place for fishing, in winter a skating rink. In the village neighbourhood are chalets and cottages, where their owners from Bratislava, but also other Slovak cities take their rest. It is a birthplace of a poet of Štúr generation, Ján Botto. The village hosts its museum, statue and a plaque on the house where he was born.

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. ^ a b c "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.


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