Dlhá nad Oravou

Dlhá nad Oravou (Slovak to 1927 Dlhá or Dluhá; Hungarian Dluha ) is a municipality in the north - central Slovakia with 1375 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), the kraj Okres in Dolny Kubin within the Žilinský and at the same time in the traditional landscape Orava is.

Geography

The municipality is located in the mountainous region Orava Highlands at the foot of the northern mountains Orava Magura. In the south of the Orava river flows past the site. The center is located at an altitude of 527 m nm and is 15 kilometers from Tvrdošín and 17 kilometers away from Dolny Kubin.

Neighboring municipalities are Babín and Podbiel in the north, Krivá in the northeast and east, on the south and Chlebnice Sedliacka Dubová in the West.

History

Dlhá nad Oravou was first mentioned in 1420 as Dluha Luka in writing and until the 16th century, agreed with the neighboring Sedliacka Dubová. The village was built on the territory of the Orava Castle, was administered by Erbvögten and belonged to the Orava Castle until the abolition of serfdom in 1848. 1683 it was devastated by a Polish-Lithuanian army. 1715 are listed 560 inhabitants in 1828 were counted 153 houses and 1,087 inhabitants, who were employed in agriculture, livestock and Brimsenhandel. There were also three sawmills, a blacksmith's forge and basket makers and weavers.

Until 1918, belonged to the lying in the county Arwa place the Kingdom of Hungary and came after Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today. Fires in 1930 and 1962 caused considerable economic damage.

Population

According to the 2011 census lived in Dlhá nad Oravou 1,379 inhabitants, of whom 1,372 Slovaks and Czechs three. Four residents did not know. 1,339 residents pleaded with the Roman Catholic Church, Jehovah's Witnesses and the two residents to a population of Greek-Catholic Church; a resident was other denomination. Five residents were non-denominational and 31 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.

Results according to the census 2001 (1.364 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

  • 99.93 % Slovaks

After Confession:

  • 98.68 % Roman Catholic
  • 0.81% no religious affiliation
  • 0.15 % no answer

Structures

  • Roman Catholic Ladislauskirche, original chapel in baroque - classical style from 1811, later extended
  • Wayside chapels from the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Wooden barn along the main road

Traffic

Through the village, the first order of 59 runs ( E 77 ) on the way from Ružomberok the Polish border; a bypass in the course of the expressway R3 is planned. It is a stop on the railway line Kraľovany - Sucha Hora with several daily commuter trains.

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