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Vyšný Komárnik is a
village
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and municipality
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in Svidník District
Svidník District (''okres Svidník'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.
Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Šariš (Sáros).
Municipalities
* Belejovce
* Beňadikovce
* Bodružal
* Cernina
* ...
in the Prešov Region
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of north-eastern Slovakia
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, in the Laborec Highlands
The Laborec High ...
.
The Laborec High ...History
In historical records thevillage
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 ...
was first mentioned in 1600.
During World War II, Vyšný Komárnik was the first liberated village on the territory of (then) Czechoslovakia. Battle of the Dukla Pass#cite note-iabsi-4
In 1949, the Czechoslovak government erected a memorial and cemetery southeast of the Dukla border crossing, It contains the graves of several hundred Russian and Czechoslovak soldiers. Several other memorials and cemeteries have also been erected in the region.
Geography
Themunicipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
lies at an altitude
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of 440 metres and covers an area
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of 6.000 km². It has a population
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of about 79 people. It is also lying near the Dukla Pass
The Dukla Pass (, , , ; AMSL) is a strategically significant mountain pass in the Laborec Highlands of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, on the border between Poland and Slovakia ( Lemkivshchyna) and close to the western border of Ukraine.
The Du ...
, as well as near international border crossing with Poland
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.
References
External links
* Villages and municipalities in Svidník District Šariš {{Prešov-geo-stub