Plaveč, Stará Ľubovňa District

For the village in the Czech Republic, see Plaveč (Znojmo District), the Malacky District village, and Plavecké Podhradie.

Plaveč (German: Plautsch; Hungarian: Palocsa; Rusyn: Плавеч; Polish: Pławiec) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

Plaveč
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°15′41″N 20°50′28″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Stará Ľubovňa District
First mentioned	1287
Area [1]
• Total	16.68 km2 (6.44 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	501 m (1,644 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,769
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	654 4[2]
Area code	+421 52[2]
Car plate	SL
Website	plavec.sk

Etymology

Plavec (Polovtsian in Slovak) → Plaveč.^[4]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1287. The ruins of the 13th century Plaveč Castle lie above the town, after a fire in 1856.^[5] Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Plaveč was part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 23 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Plaveč and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 488 metres and covers an area of 16.683 km². It has a population of about 1857 people.

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