Liptovská Teplička

Liptovská Teplička
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°58′N 20°05′E / 48.97°N 20.08°E / 48.97; 20.08
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Poprad District
First mentioned	1634
Area [1]
• Total	98.45 km2 (38.01 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	2,362
Population by ethnicity (2021) [4][5]
• Slovak	94.5%
• Roma	7.9%
• Czech	0.2%
• Others	0.5%
• Unreported	3.0%
Population by religion (2021) [6][7]
• Roman Catholic	90.3%
• Brethern	1.3%
• Old Catholic	0.6%
• Greek Catholic	0.5%
• Other	1.7%
• Non-religious	3.1%
• Unreported	2.5%
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	594 0[3]
Area code	+421 52[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	PP
Website	www.liptovskateplicka.sk

Liptovská Teplička (Hungarian: Teplicska) is a large village and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

Due to its uniqueness and successes, the village became the winner of the Village of the Year 2007 competition.^[8]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 900 metres (3,000 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 98.45 km² (38.01 sq mi) (2024).^[9]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1634.
Settled probably before 1612 when the village Pohorelá (with that it shares the origins) was first mentioned in written records. The name Teplička (or its Hungarian transcript Teplicska) used till around 1920 when the adjective Liptovská (related to the Liptov region) had been added to distinguish it from other villages with the same name in Slovakia. A new road connecting the village with Poprad was built after World War II, and in the subsequent change of administrative divisions in 1960, the village has been integrated to the Poprad District of the then Eastern-Slovakian region, since 1996 Prešov Region. (The traditional road connecting the village with the historical Liptov region remains now inaccessible for motor cars.)

The name Teplička comes from Teplica, a small creek flowing through the village that does not freeze even in the coldest winters (teplý means 'warm' in Slovak).

Teplička is also known for its hobbit-style potato cellars, that are known for looking like the shire from the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings.^[10] There are around 400 cellars in the village.^[11]

It has a population of 2362 people (31 December 2024).^[13]

In year 2021 was 2405 people by ethnicity 2272 as Slovak, 190 as Romani, 72 as Not found out, 6 as Czech, 4 as Rusyn, 2 as Polish, 2 as Hungarian, 1 as Irish, 1 as Canadian and 1 as Other.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 2405 people by religion 2172 from Roman Catholic Church, 75 from None, 59 from Not found out, 32 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 15 from Old Catholic Church, 12 from Greek Catholic Church, 9 from Apostolic Church, 8 from Calvinist Church, 7 from Evangelical Church, 5 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 4 from Other, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Eastern Orthodox Church and 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses.

• http://www.liptovskateplicka.sk

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