Vyšný Skálnik

Vyšný Skálnik
Felsősziklás
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in the Banská Bystrica Region
Vyšný Skálnik
Location of Vyšný Skálnik in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°28′N 19°58′E / 48.47°N 19.97°E / 48.47; 19.97
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica Region
DistrictRimavská Sobota District
First mentioned1334
Area
 • Total
5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Elevation236 m (774 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
141
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
980 52[2]
Area code+421 47[2]
Car plateRS

Vyšný Skálnik (Hungarian: Felsősziklás) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. Now more or less tourist village with a water reservoir, constructed in the 1970s and now a place for fishing, in winter a skating rink. In the village neighbourhood are chalets and cottages, where their owners from Bratislava, but also other Slovak cities take their rest. It is a birthplace of a poet of Štúr generation, Ján Botto. The village hosts its museum, statue and a plaque on the house where he was born.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.