Zalužice () 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
Michalovce District
Michalovce District (''okres Michalovce'') is a district in
the Košice Region 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 e ...
in the
Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.
History
In
historical records the
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 ...
was first mentioned in 1249.
Geography
The
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 ...
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 127 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 19.611 km
2. The
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' ...
has a
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of about 1140 people.
Gallery
File:Zalužice 17 Slovakia1.jpg, Entering the village of Zalužice
File:Zalužice 17 Slovakia5.jpg, Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Zalužice
File:Zalužice 17 Slovakia8.jpg, Main street in Zalužice
File:Zalužice 17 Slovakia4.jpg, Municipal office in Zalužice
File:Zalužice 17 Slovakia6.jpg, Post office in Zalužice
File:Západ slnka na Šírave - panoramio.jpg, Sunset over the Zemplínska Šírava reservoir's shoreline near Zalužice during autumn (November 2007)
File:Zemplínska Šírava - panoramio.jpg, The southern shore of Zemplínska Šírava reservoir near Zalužice during winter (January 2012)
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Michalovce District
*
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
Villages and municipalities in Michalovce District
Villages in Slovakia merged with other villages
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