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Rimavská Baňa

Coordinates: 48°30′N 19°56′E / 48.500°N 19.933°E / 48.500; 19.933
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Rimavská Baňa
Village
Rimavská Baňa is located in Banská Bystrica Region
Rimavská Baňa
Rimavská Baňa
Location of Rimavská Baňa in the Banská Bystrica Region
Rimavská Baňa is located in Slovakia
Rimavská Baňa
Rimavská Baňa
Location of Rimavská Baňa in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°30′N 19°56′E / 48.500°N 19.933°E / 48.500; 19.933
Country Slovakia
RegionBanská Bystrica
DistrictRimavská Sobota
First mentioned1334
Area
 • Total26.21[2] km2 (10.12[2] sq mi)
Elevation
256[3] m (840[3] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total529[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
980 53[3]
Area code+421 47[3]
Car plateRS
Websitewww.obecrimavskabana.sk

Rimavská Baňa (Hungarian: Rimabánya) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. The name of the village means Mine of the Rimava region and is a commemoration of the mining history of the region. Although mining is for some centuries not present, the village is a home to one of the nicest decorated church in the region. Protestant church from the 13th century was several times rebuilt, in its present form it has baroque features. It contains Gothic wall paintings, painted wooden matroneum from 1726 and painted wooden ceiling.

The village is a birthplace of Juraj Palkovič, Slovak politician, professor and teacher od Ľudovít Štúr.

References

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  1. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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