Svidník

Geobox | Settlement
name = Svidník
category = Town

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country = Slovakia
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region = Prešov
district = Svidník
municipality =
parent = Šariš
parent_type = Tourism region
river = Ondava
location =
elevation = 230
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 18
lat_s = 20
lat_NS = N
long_d = 21
long_m = 34
long_s = 04
long_EW = E
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area = 19.921
area_round = 3
population = 12384
population_date = 2005-12-31
population_density = auto
established = 1330
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Michal Bartko
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map_background = Slovakia - background map.png map_caption = Location of Svidník in Slovakia
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map1 = Prešov Region - outline map.svg
map1_background = Prešov Region - background map.png map1_caption = Location of Svidník in the Prešov Region
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commons = Svidník
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven440712&lstObec527106&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = [http://www.svidnik.sk www.svidnik.sk]
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Svidník (rarely _de. Oberswidnik, _hu. Felsővízköz, before 1907 "Felsöszvidnik") is a town in eastern Slovakia, acting as the capital of Svidník District in Prešov Region. It has a population of 12,384 ("2005").

Geography

It is located in the Ondava Highland, at the confluence of Ondava and Ladomírka rivers, located around 20 km from the Dukla Pass (Polish border) and around 55 km north-east of Prešov.

History

The town arose in 1944 by merger of formerly two independent municipalities of Nižný (eng: Lower) Svidník and Vyšný (eng: Upper) Svidník. The first written mention stems from 1355 as "Scyuidnyk"

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 12,428 inhabitants. 79.60% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 13.04% Rusyns, 4.07% Ukrainian, 1.50% Roma and 0.39% Czechs.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2008-01-05] The religious make-up was 41.10% Greek Catholics, 25.82% Orthodox, 24.13% Roman Catholics ,5.17% people with no religious affiliation and 0.93% Lutherans.

Twin cities

* Chrudim — Czech Republic

References

External links

* [http://www.svidnik.sk/ Official website] sk icon