Smižany
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Smižany (, ) is a large village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Smižany
- Slovak place.other_name
- Smižany
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Smižany 1.JPG
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Smizany-spisska nova ves-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Smižany.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Spišská Nová Ves District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Smižany in the Košice Region##Location of Smižany in Slovakia
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1246
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 479
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 531 1
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 53
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Cultural attractions
- Twin towns — sister cities
- References
- External links
Smižany (, ) is a large village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
With a population of over 8,500 people as of 2021, Smižany is the second largest village in Slovakia (a village being defined as a municipality that does not have town status). Smižany is situated directly adjacent to the town of Spišská Nová Ves and the two municipalities form a contiguous urban area, one of the main population centers in Eastern Slovakia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Smižany” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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