Stará Ľubovňa District (''okres Stará Ľubovňa'') is a
district
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in
the
Prešov Region
The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the mos ...
of eastern
Slovakia
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.
Until 1918, the district was almost entirely part of the
county of Kingdom of Hungary of
Spiš
Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one ...
, apart from a small area in the
east which formed part of the county of
Šariš
Šariš is the traditional name of a region situated in northeastern Slovakia. It encompasses the territory of the former (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) Sáros county.
History
Šariš county was created in the 13th century from th ...
.
Municipalities
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Čirč
Čirč (; ) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1773. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in ...
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Ďurková
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Forbasy
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Hajtovka
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Haligovce
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Hniezdne
Hniezdne (; , ) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.
Etymology
The name is derived from Slavic ''gnězdo'' - a nest (modern , modern ; after the replacement of initial Proto-Slav ...
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Hraničné
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Hromoš
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Chmeľnica
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Jakubany
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Jarabina
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Kamienka
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Kolačkov
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Kremná
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Kyjov
Kyjov (; or ''Geyen'') is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monum ...
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Lacková
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Legnava
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Lesnica
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Litmanová
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Lomnička
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Ľubotín
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Malý Lipník
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Matysová
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Mníšek nad Popradom
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Nižné Ružbachy
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Nová Ľubovňa
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Obručné
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Orlov
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Plaveč
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Plavnica
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Podolínec
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Pusté Pole
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Ruská Voľa nad Popradom
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Stará Ľubovňa
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Starina
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Stráňany
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Sulín
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Šambron
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Šarišské Jastrabie
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Údol
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Veľká Lesná
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Veľký Lipník
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Vislanka
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Vyšné Ružbachy
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census, 31,600 people in the Stará Ľubovňa District identified as a
Roman Catholic
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, 15,422 as a
Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to:
* The Catholic Church in Greece
* The Eastern Catholic Churches
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, and 1,230 said they identified with
no religion. In addition, 41,436 identified themselves as
Slovak, 4,243 identified themselves as
Roma, and 3,494 identified themselves as
Ruthenian.
References
Districts of Prešov Region
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