Dúbrava, Snina District
Dúbrava (Hungarian: Kistölgyes, Rusyn: Дубрава) 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 1548. Before the establishment on independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Dúbrava was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. As a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of Hungary from 1939 to 1944. In the autumn of 1944, the Red Army entered Dúbrava and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 265 metres and covers an area of 9.478 km². It has a population of about 275 people.
The name of the village means an oak grove.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "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 Dúbrava (Snina District) at Wikimedia Commons- https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
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