Toporec

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Toporec
Municipality
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Toporec is located in Prešov Region
Toporec
Toporec
Location of Toporec in the Prešov Region
Toporec is located in Slovakia
Toporec
Toporec
Location of Toporec in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°16′N 20°30′E / 49.27°N 20.50°E / 49.27; 20.50
Country Slovakia
Region Prešov Region
DistrictKežmarok District
First mentioned1277
Area
[1]
 • Total
28.13 km2 (10.86 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
603 m (1,978 ft)
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total
2,055
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
599 4[3]
Area code+421 52[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)KK
Websitewww.toporec.sk

Toporec (Hungarian: Toporc, German: Topporz, Rusyn: Топорец) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.

History

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In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1277. Between 1000 and 1918, it was a part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918 it became part of Czechoslovakia. The 1773 and 1796 censuses recorded a Slovak majority.[4][5]

In 1818 Artúr Görgei was born in Toporec.

In 1910 the village had 818 mainly German inhabitants of Lutheran confession.[6] It was part of the German language island of the Oberzips. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Toporec was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Toporec and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. After the end of World War II the German population was expelled according to the Beneš decrees.[7]

Population

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Population statistic (10 years)[8]
Year1994200420142024
Count1521169518982055
Difference +11.43% +11.97% +8.27%
Population statistic[8]
Year20232024
Count20392055
Difference+0.78%

It has a population of 2055 people (31 December 2024).[9]

Ethnicity

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Census 2021 (1+ %)[10][11]
EthnicityNumberFraction
Slovak186893.96%
Romani90245.37%
Not found out1306.53%
Total1988

In year 2021 was 1988 people by ethnicity 1868 as Slovak, 902 as Romani, 130 as Not found out, 5 as Czech, 5 as Polish, 4 as Other, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as Romanian and 1 as German.

Religion

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Census 2021 (1+ %)[12]
ReligionNumberFraction
Roman Catholic Church183892.45%
None844.23%
Not found out381.91%
Total1988

In year 2021 was 1988 people by religion 1838 from Roman Catholic Church, 84 from None, 38 from Not found out, 10 from Greek Catholic Church, 4 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 3 from Evangelical Church, 2 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 2 from Other, 2 from Ad hoc movements, 1 from Calvinist Church, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church and 1 from Apostolic Church.

The majority of the municipality's population consists of the members of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 70% of the population.[13]

Geography

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The municipality lies at an altitude of 603 metres (1,978 ft)[3] and covers an area of 28.13 km2 (10.86 sq mi) (2024).[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7014rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  2. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ VÁLYI, András. Magyarországnak leirása. Budín, 1796.
  5. ^ Lexicon universorum Regni Hungariae locorum populosorum, 1773. http://mtdaportal.extra.hu/ADATBANK/Lexicon_lcorum.PDF
  6. ^ Magyar statisztikai Közlemények, 1910. Évi Népszámlálás. A népesség főbb adatai Községek és népesebb puszták, telepek szerint. (Budapest 1912) 248-249
  7. ^ Das Schicksalsjahr der Karpatendeutschen, Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  8. ^ a b "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  9. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  10. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  11. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  12. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  13. ^ Ábel Ravasz, Ľuboš Kovács and Filip Markovič, Atlas rómskych komunít 2019. Bratislava: Veda, 2020, ISBN 978-80-224-1874-4, database appendix available at: https://www.institutmatejabela.sk/ark2019
  14. ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7014rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
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