Vernár
Municipality in Slovakia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vernár (Hungarian: Vernár, German: Wernsdorf, Rusyn: Вернар) is a village and large municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.[4] It lies between Low Tatras and Slovenský raj mountain ranges. It is Slovakia's western-most municipality with Orthodox plurality.
Vernár | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Vernár Location of Vernár in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 48°55′04″N 20°16′13″E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Prešov |
| District | Poprad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52.88[1] km2 (20.42[1] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 765[2] m (2,510[2] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 574[3] |
| Postal code | 059 17[2] |
| Area code | +421 52[2] |
| Car plate | PP |
| Website | www.vernar.sk |
The village was mentioned in the historical records for the first time in 1295. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Vernár was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 28 January 1945, the Red Army entered Vernár and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 765 metres and covers an area of 52.901 km². It has a population of about 600 people.
There is a football club, chess club and a ski-lift area in the village. Cultural sightseeings are a classical Greek Catholic church from the 19th century and a preserved folk architecture.
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
