Poltár

Geobox | Settlement
name = Poltár
category = Town


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country = Slovakia
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region = Banská Bystrica
district = Poltár
municipality =
parent = Novohrad
parent_type = Tourism region
river = Ipeľ
location =
elevation = 240
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 25
lat_s = 50
lat_NS = N
long_d = 19
long_m = 47
long_s = 51
long_EW = E
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area = 30.45
area_round = 2
population = 5929
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
established = 1246
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Pavel Hrončák
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map_background = Slovakia - background map.png map_caption = Location of Poltár in Slovakia
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map1_background = Banská Bystrica Region - background map.png map1_caption = Location of Poltár in the Banská Bystrica Region
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statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven430607&lstObec511765&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = http://www.poltar.sk
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Poltár is a town and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

Geography

The town is located in the Southern Slovak basin near the river Ipeľ, south of the Revúcka vrchovina mountains, which is part of the Slovak Ore Mountains, around 18 km from Lučenec.

History

Poltár was first mentioned in 1246 as "silva Polta". It received town privileges in 1969.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 6,099 inhabitants. 97.49% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.95% Roma, 0.51% Hungarians and 0.41% Czechs.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-12-28] The religious make-up was 50.14% Roman Catholics, 22.89% people with no religious affiliation and 20.79% Lutherans.

People

* Ivan Gašparovič, current President of Slovakia was born here.

References

External links

* [http://www.poltar.sk/ Municipal website] sk icon