TurÃk
Turík (Hungarian Turapatak - to 1902 Turik ) is a municipality in Okres Ružomberok within the Žilinský in the north of Slovakia with 226 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2011).
Geography
The municipality is located in the western part of the basin Liptovská kotlina, a subunit of Podtatranská kotlina below the mountains Chočské Hills in the mouth of the valley Turícka valley in the basin. The center is located at an altitude of 550 m nm and is ten kilometers away from Ružomberok.
History
Turík was first mentioned in 1278 as Turapataka writing and belonged until 1848 to minor nobility, specifically the Turánszky family. 1828 were counted 37 houses and 368 inhabitants, who were employed in agriculture.
Until 1918, belonged to the lying in the county Liptau place the Kingdom of Hungary and came after Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today. From 1976 to 1990 Turík was part of the community Lisková.
The municipality of the long incorporated settlements Turíček include (Hungarian Kistura ) and Vlčia Jama (Hungarian Farkasverem ); the latter stood on the site of a former restaurant and mill.
Population
According to the 2011 census lived in Turík 226 inhabitants, all of them Slovaks. 178 residents pleaded with the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Church of the 17 inhabitants 24 inhabitants were non-denominational and seven inhabitants the denomination is not determined.
Results of the census 2001 (228 inhabitants):
After Ethnicity:
- 99.12 % Slovaks
- 0.44% Poland
- 0.44% Czechs
After Confession:
- 82.46 % Roman Catholic
- 8.77% no religious affiliation
- 7.89% Evangelical
- 0.44 % no answer
- 0.44% orthodox
Structures
- Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption Church of the Visitation of 1798, with the wooden superstructure of the tower from the end of the 19th century
- , Designed classical country castle from the mid-18th century in the 19th century