Kamienka ( rue, Камюнка, ''Kamiunka''; uk, Камйонка, ''Kamionka'') is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern
Slovakia
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. The village is traditionally inhabited by
Rusyns
Rusyns (), also known as Carpatho-Rusyns (), or Rusnaks (), are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn, an East Slavic language variety, treated variously as either a distinct langu ...
, as one of their westernmost settlements.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1342.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of and covers an area of . It has a
population
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of about 1409 people.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1624-1945 (parish B)
* Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1787-1924 (parish A)
Here were born two Greek-Catholic bishops, Ivan Bradach (1732–1772) and his younger brother Mykhaylo Bradach (1748–1815)