village
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and
municipality
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in
TvrdoÅ¡Ãn District
TvrdoÅ¡Ãn District (''okres TvrdoÅ¡Ãn'') is a district in
the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. The district was first established in 1996; in 1923 it had been a part of Trstená District.
Municipalities
* Brezovica
* Čimhová
* Habovka
*H ...
in the
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region ( sk, Žilinský kraj; pl, Kraj żyliński; hu, Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region ...
of northern
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
was first mentioned in 1593. The first settlers came from the
Polish
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* Polish language
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village of
Chabówka
Chabówka is a village located on the outskirts of the southern Polish town of Rabka, in the Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. With population of 1,600 (as for 2006), Chabówka is a popular tourist attraction because of its location ne ...
, which lent the settlement its name.
Geography
The
municipality
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lies at an
altitude
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of 730 metres and covers an
area
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of 29.414 km². It has a
population
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of about 1,350 people.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"
* Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1787-1897 (parish A)