Zboj

Municipality in Slovakia

49°02′N 22°29′E / 49.033°N 22.483°E / 49.033; 22.483Country

SlovakiaRegionPrešovDistrictSninaFirst mentioned1567Area

• Total50.54^[2] km² (19.51^[2] sq mi)Elevation

345^[3] m (1,132^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total268^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

067 68^[3]

Area code+421 57^[3]Car plateSVWebsitewww.zboj.sk

Zboj (Hungarian: Harcos, Rusyn: Збой) is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1567. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Zboj was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. From 1939 to 1944, as a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of Hungary. On 18 October 1944, the Red Army entered Zboj and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 356 metres and covers an area of 50.542 km². According to the 2013 census it had a population of 353 inhabitants.

References

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

External links

Media related to Zboj at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Village of Zboj at Eastern Slovakia Research Strategies
Zboj at Snina Region Tourism