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Bžany, Stropkov District

Municipality in Slovakia

49°06′N 21°39′E / 49.100°N 21.650°E / 49.100; 21.650Country

SlovakiaRegionPrešovDistrictStropkovFirst mentioned1410Area

• Total17.06^[2] km² (6.59^[2] sq mi)Elevation

172^[3] m (564^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total213^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

090 33^[3]

Area code+421 54^[3]Car plateSKWebsitebzany.sk

Bžany (Hungarian: Bodzás; Rusyn: Бжаны) is a village and municipality in Stropkov District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1410.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 170 metres and covers an area of 17.064 km². It has a population of about 172 people.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"

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Official website
https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Surnames of living people in Bzany