Kopernica (German: Deutschlitta; Hungarian: Barskapronca) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
Kopernica
Barskapronca | |
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  Kopernica Location of Kopernica in the Banská Bystrica Region  Kopernica Location of Kopernica in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′N 18°52′E / 48.69°N 18.87°E | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Region |  Banská Bystrica Region |
| District | Žiar nad Hronom District |
| First mentioned | 1444 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rastislav Slanina (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.57 km2 (6.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 504 m (1,654 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 391 |
| Population by ethnicity (2011) | |
| • Slovak | 82.6% |
| • Roma | 4.7% |
| • German | 2.8% |
| • Others | 1.2% |
| • Unreported | 8.7% |
| Population by religion (2011) | |
| • Roman Catholic | 72.3% |
| • Jehovah's Witness | 2.1% |
| • Others | 0.9% |
| • Non-religious | 12% |
| • Unreported | 12.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 967 01[2] |
| Area code | +421 45[2] |
| Car plate | ZH |
| Website | www |
Etymology
editThe name comes from koper (Slovak koper, kôpor: dill) + -nica. "The land where the wild dill grows".[6]
History
editThe village belonged to a German language island, known as Hauerland.[7] The German population was expelled in 1945.
In 1990, Poor Clares returned to the village and established a new monastery in the municipality.[8]
Notabler personalities
edit- Jozef Pribilinec (born 1960), track and field athlete, racewalker
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ SODB - Kopernica, 2011
- ^ SODB - Kopernica, 2011
- ^ Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest" (PDF). Kultúra slova (5). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 277.
- ^ "História obce" [History of the village]. kopernica.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ fc (2014-12-16). "Klarisky kapucínky z Kopernice". Zasvätený život (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-06-10.
External links
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