Krupina
Sign in to saveKrupina (, ) is a town in southern central Slovakia. It is part of the Banská Bystrica Region and has approximately 8,000 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Krupina
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Town
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Krupina.JPG
- Slovak place.image_caption
- View of Krupina
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Krupina-krupina-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Krupina.png
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Krupina District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Krupina in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Krupina in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Radoslav Vazan
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1135
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 320
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Krupina
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Located in
- Krupina District
- Population
- 7496
- Area
- 88.669762
- Elevation
- 271
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Krupinica
- Capital of
- Krupina District
- Shares border with
- Kráľovce-Krnišov
- Official website
- www.krupina.sk
- Image
- Krupina.JPG
- Dialing code
- 045
- Licence plate code
- KA
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- time of earliest written record
- 1135-00-00
- native label
- Krupina
- twinned administrative body
- Nepomuk
- Commons category
- Krupina
- postal code
- 963 01
- category for people born here
- Q10148514
- topic's main category
- Category:Krupina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Krupina
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1135-00-00
- P8168
- severability clause
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Twin towns — sister cities
- People
- References
- External links
Krupina (, ) is a town in southern central Slovakia. It is part of the Banská Bystrica Region and has approximately 8,000 inhabitants.
==Etymology== The name is probably derived from Slavic root krup. Proto-Slavic: krǫpъ, krǫpъjь – solid, strong. The root is present also in krupa (krǫpa) – a smaller fortress, a fortified settlement, -ina is a frequent suffix. Another theory is based on the meaning "coarse". The settlement could be named after the nearby river, as the river had a rough and rocky bottom.
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