Sklabiná

Sklabiná (Hungarian: Mikszáthfalva; formerly Szklabonya until 1899 and Kürtabony until 1910) is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

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Sklabiná
Municipality
Sklabiná
Location of Sklabiná in the Banská Bystrica Region
Sklabiná
Location of Sklabiná in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°10′N 19°22′E
Country Slovakia
RegionBanská Bystrica
DistrictVeľký Krtíš
Population
 (2011)
  Total844
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
991 05
Area code(s)+421-47
Car plateVK
Websitewww.sklabina.ocu.sk

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 844 inhabitants, of whom 789 were ethnically Slovaks, 9 Czechs, 9 Hungarians, 7 Roma and 21 unspecified.[1]

Notable residents

  • Kálmán Mikszáth, Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician
  • Lajos Zs. Nagy, Hungarian journalist, poet

References



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