Brezina () is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Trebišov District
Trebišov District (, ; ) is a Districts of Slovakia, district in
the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian county of Zemplén County, Ze ...
in the
Košice Region
The Košice Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which ...
of eastern
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
.
History
In
historical records the village was first mentioned in 1300.
Geography
The
village
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lies at an
altitude
Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum (geodesy), datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometr ...
of 186 metres and covers an
area
Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...
of 12.964 km².
It has a
population
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of about 715 people.
Demography
The village is about 88%
Slovak.
;Development of the population from 1850 to present
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Facilities
The village has a public
library
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and a
football pitch
A football pitch or soccer field is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play". The pitch is ty ...
.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1774-1900 (parish B)
* Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1826-1897 (parish A)
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1773-1897 (parish A)
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (, singular ), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (, singular ); articles on individu ...
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Surnames of living people in Brezina
Villages and municipalities in Trebišov District
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