Svinia
Sign in to saveSvinia () is a village of some 1,500 people (as of 2005) in eastern Slovakia about west from Prešov. The village covers an area of . Svinia is located in the Šariš Highlands in the valley of Veľká and Mala Svinka. The village is one of the oldest villages in the former Šariš County. The village belonged to the Hungarian Merše family from Budapest from 1262 to 1918. Until 1262, the settlement of Svinia belonged to Bár-Kalán ban of Slavonia.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Svinia
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Villages14Slovakia119.JPG
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Svinia-presov-flag.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Prešov District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Svinia in the Prešov Region##Location of Svinia in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Miroslav Nawrat
- Slovak place.leader_party
- Independent
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1249
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 361
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 823 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Svinia
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Prešov District
- Population
- 2767
- Area
- 15.140264
- Elevation
- 361
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.obecsvinia.sk
- Image
- Slovakia Sariska vrchovina 108.jpg
- Dialing code
- 051
- Licence plate code
- PO
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- Commons category
- Svinia
- postal code
- 082 32
- time of earliest written record
- 1249-00-00
- native label
- Svinia
- inception
- 1249-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Population
- Ethnicity
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Svinia () is a village of some 1,500 people (as of 2005) in eastern Slovakia about west from Prešov. The village covers an area of . Svinia is located in the Šariš Highlands in the valley of Veľká and Mala Svinka. The village is one of the oldest villages in the former Šariš County. The village belonged to the Hungarian Merše family from Budapest from 1262 to 1918. Until 1262, the settlement of Svinia belonged to Bár-Kalán ban of Slavonia.
== Geography ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svinia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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