Nižný Klátov
Encyclopedia
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Košice-okolie District
Košice-okolie District
Košice–okolie District is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia around the city of Košice, which isn't part of the district. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Abov-Turňa, apart from a small area in the north which formed part of the county of Šariš...
in the Košice Region
Košice Region
The Košice Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 11 districts .-Geography:It is located in the southern part of eastern Slovakia and covers an area of 6,752 km²...
of eastern Slovakia
Slovakia
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.
History
In historical recordsHistory
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the village was first mentioned in 1317 as a German
Germans
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medieval settlement.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 370 metres and covers an area of 5.94 km².It has a population
Population
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of 636 people.
Culture
The village has a public libraryLibrary
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, football ground and a guesthouse.
External links
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
- http://www.cassovia.sk/klatov/