Zboj ( hu, Harcos, rue, Збой) is a
village and
municipality in
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.
History
In
historical records the
village was first mentioned in 1567. Before the establishment of independent
Czechoslovakia in 1918, Zboj was part of
Zemplén County within the
Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the
Slovak Republic
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 ...
. From 1939 to 1944, as a result of the
Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of
Hungary. On 18 October 1944, the
Red Army entered Zboj and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
Geography
The
municipality lies at an
altitude of 356 metres and covers an
area of 50.542 km
2. According to the 2013 census it had a
population of 353 inhabitants.
References
External links
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Village of Zboja
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Snina Region Tourism
Villages and municipalities in Snina District
Zemplín (region)
Slovak–Hungarian War
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