Haligovce
Village and municipality in Slovakia
Haligovce (Hungarian: Helivágása, Rusyn: Галіґівцї) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. Former name of the village was "Hedvigina Poruba".
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1338. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Haligovce was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 25 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Haligovce and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 600 metres and covers an area of 11.274 km². It has a population of about 683 people.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"
- Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1750-1895(parish A)
See also
External links
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Surnames of living people in Haligovce
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Municipalities of Stará Ľubovňa District
- Čirč
- Ďurková
- Forbasy
- Hajtovka
- Haligovce
- Hniezdne
- Hraničné
- Hromoš
- Chmeľnica
- Jakubany
- Jarabina
- Kamienka
- Kolačkov
- Kremná
- Kyjov
- Lacková
- Legnava
- Lesnica
- Litmanová
- Lomnička
- Ľubotín
- Malý Lipník
- Matysová
- Mníšek nad Popradom
- Nižné Ružbachy
- Nová Ľubovňa
- Obručné
- Orlov
- Plaveč
- Plavnica
- Pusté Pole
- Ruská Voľa nad Popradom
- Starina
- Stráňany
- Sulín
- Šambron
- Šarišské Jastrabie
- Údol
- Veľká Lesná
- Veľký Lipník
- Vislanka
- Vyšné Ružbachy
49°22′N 20°27′E / 49.367°N 20.450°E / 49.367; 20.450
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