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Kopernica (German: Deutschlitta; Hungarian: Barskapronca) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

Kopernica
Village
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°41′09″N 18°52′26″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Žiar nad Hronom
First mentioned	1349[1]
Government
• Mayor	Rastislav Slanina (2018)
Area
• Total	17.56[2] km2 (6.78[2] sq mi)
Elevation	504[3] m (1,654[3] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	401[4]
Population by ethnicity (2011) [5]
• Slovak	82.6%
• Roma	4.7%
• German	2.8%
• Others	1.2%
• Unreported	8.7%
Population by religion (2011) [6]
• Roman Catholic	72.3%
• Jehovah's Witness	2.1%
• Others	0.9%
• Non-religious	12%
• Unreported	12.7%
Postal code	967 01[3]
Area code	+421 45[3]
Car plate	ZH
Website	kopernica.sk

Etymology

The name comes from koper (Slovak koper, kôpor: dill) + -nica. "The land where the wild dill grows".[7]

History

The village belonged to a German language island, known as Hauerland.[1] The German population was expelled in 1945.

In 1990, Poor Clares returned to the village and established a new monastery in the municipality.[8]

Notabler personalities

• Jozef Pribilinec (born 1960), track and field athlete, racewalker

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

External links

• Surnames of living people in Kopernica

На других языках

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[de] Kopernica

Kopernica (bis 1927 slowakisch auch „Koprnica“; deutsch Deutschlitta, ungarisch Barskapronca – bis 1907 Kapronca) ist eine Gemeinde in der Mitte der Slowakei mit 405 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2020), die zum Okres Žiar nad Hronom, einem Teil des Banskobystrický kraj, gehört.

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- [en] Kopernica

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