Kopernica

Kopernica (German: Deutsch Litta) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

For the village in Poland, see Kopernica, Poland.
Kopernica
Deutsch Litta
Village
Coat of arms
Kopernica
Location of Vyhne in the Banská Bystrica Region
Kopernica
Kopernica (Slovakia)
Coordinates: 48°41′09″N 18°52′26″E
CountrySlovakia
RegionBanská Bystrica
DistrictŽiar nad Hronom
First mentioned1349[1]
Government
 • MayorRastislav Slanina (2018)
Area
 • Total17.56[2] km2 (6.78[2] sq mi)
Elevation
504[3] m (1,654[3] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total401[4]
Population by ethnicity (2011)
[5]
 • Slovak82.6%
 • Roma4.7%
 • German2.8%
 • Others1.2%
 • Unreported8.7%
Population by religion (2011)
[6]
 • Roman Catholic72.3%
 • Jehovah's Witness2.1%
 • Others0.9%
 • Non-religious12%
 • Unreported12.7%
Postal code
967 01[3]
Area code(s)+421 45[3]
Car plateZH
Websitekopernica.sk

Etymology

The name comes from koper (Slovak koper, kôpor: dill) + -nica. "The land where the wild dill grows".[7]

History

The village belonged to a German language island.[1] The German population was expelled in 1945.

See also

References
  1. "História obce" [History of the village]. kopernica.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "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.
  3. "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. SODB - Kopernica, 2011
  6. SODB - Kopernica, 2011
  7. Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest" (PDF). Kultúra slova. Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej (5): 277.


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