Topoľa ( rue, Тополя, hu, Kistopolya) is a

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 ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Snina District Snina District (''okres Snina'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín. Municipalities * Belá nad Cirochou * Brezovec *Čukalovce * Dlhé n ...

in the

Prešov Region The Prešov Region, also Priashiv Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj, ; hu, Eperjesi kerület; uk, Пряшівський край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 o ...

of north-eastern

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 ...

Geography

The municipality is located in

in the

of north-eastern

. It lies at an altitude of 384 metres and covers an area of 26.384 km². According to the 2013 census, it had a population of 159 inhabitants.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1337. The Greek Catholic wooden church of Archangel Michael located on the hill above the village dates back as far as 1700. There is a cemetery of soldiers who fell in World War I adjacent to the church. The name of the village is derived from ''topoľ'', the poplar tree.

Protected areas and natural landmarks

The municipality is situated in the buffer zone of the

Poloniny National Park Poloniny National Park ( sk, Národný park Poloniny) is a national park in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October 1 ...

. It offers easy access to most of the National Park's hiking trails. Havešová, a component of the

Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is a transnational serial nature UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompassing 94 component parts (forests of European beech, ''Fagus sylvatica'') in 18 European countr ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site, is also located close to the village.

Gallery

File:Topol'a, wieś (HB4).jpg, Main street in Topoľa, the Ulička stream at the centre File:Topoľa, wieś.JPG, Street in Topoľa and access road to the Church of Saint Michael and communal cemetery File:Obec od cerkve svätého Michala archanjela, Topoľa, okres Snina.jpg, View of the village from the wooden church File:Topola.dr.cerkva1.JPG, Wooden church of Saint Michael in Topoľa File:Topoľa - panoramio.jpg, Wooden church of Saint Michael and wooden belfry in Topoľa File:Cerkov svätého Michala archanjela, Topoľa, okres Snina (02).jpg, Wooden church of Saint Michael in Topoľa File:Cerkov svätého Michala archanjela, Topoľa, okres Snina (03).jpg, Wooden church of Saint Michael in Topoľa File:Topola wooden church.JPG, Wooden church of Saint Michael in Topoľa File:Jewish cemetery in Topol'a 001.jpg, Jewish cemetery in Topoľa File:Topoľa. cmentarz wojenny (HB5).jpg, First world war military cemetery File:Topola info voj pohrebisko1.jpg, First world war military cemetery File:Topoľa. cmentarz wojenny (HB1).jpg, First world war military cemetery File:Topol'a, cerkiew Świętych Piotra i Pawła (HB2).jpg, Modern church of Saint Peter and Paul in Topoľa File:Topola Havesova.JPG, View from the end of Havešová towards the village of Topoľa (upper left)

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