Vlachovo

Vlachovo Oláhpatak
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°47′N 20°25′E / 48.78°N 20.42°E / 48.78; 20.42
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Rožňava District
First mentioned	1247
Area [1]
• Total	37.33 km2 (14.41 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	403 m (1,322 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	764
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	492 4[3]
Area code	+421 58[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	RV
Website	www.vlachovo.sk

Vlachovo (Hungarian: Oláhpatak, German: Lambsdorf, Lampertsdorf) is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia. The name indicates an aboriginal Valachian population, confirmed as both Vlah in Slavonic and Oláh in Hungarian mean Romanian; the origin is confirmed even by the Germanic name, Lambsdorf (Lambs' Village), given the main occupation of the Middle Ages Romanians.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1427 as Alahpathaka, but until the end of the 14th century it was also referred to as Lampertfalva. In 1597 it was referred to as Oláhpataka alias Lampertsdorf. Since then it was called Oláhpatak, and rarely Oláh Pataka. Slovaks referred to the commune also as Vlachov or Wlachowo. When it became part of Czechoslovakia, its name became Vlachovo. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Vlachovo was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 403 metres (1,322 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 37.33 km² (14.41 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 764 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 785 people by ethnicity 769 as Slovak, 14 as Not found out, 10 as Other, 3 as Russian, 3 as Hungarian, 1 as Czech and 1 as Rusyn.

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 785 people by religion 458 from Evangelical Church, 207 from None, 75 from Roman Catholic Church, 18 from Not found out, 6 from Greek Catholic Church, 6 from United Methodist Church, 5 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 4 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 3 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Calvinist Church and 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church.

The village has a public library, a gymnasium and a swimming pool.

The village is also home to a historical blast furnace and smelter building, a branch exhibit of the Slovak Technical Museum in Košice.

• Gyula Andrássy, (1823 in Oláhpatak – 1890), Hungarian statesman, Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (1871–1879).^[10]

• http://www.vlachovo.eu
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