Gemer (village)

Gemer
Sajógömör
Municipality
Baroque manor
Baroque manor
Flag of Gemer
Flag
Coat of arms of Gemer
Coat of arms
Gemer is located in Banská Bystrica Region
Gemer
Gemer
Location of Gemer in the Banská Bystrica Region
Gemer is located in Slovakia
Gemer
Gemer
Location of Gemer in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°27′N 20°19′E / 48.450°N 20.317°E / 48.450; 20.317
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica Region
DistrictRevúca District
First mentioned1198
Area
[1]
 • Total
17.96 km2 (6.93 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
181 m (594 ft)
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total
889
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
982 61[3]
Area code+421 47[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)RA
Websitewww.obecgemer.sk

Gemer (German: (rare) Gömer, Gemer; Hungarian: Sajógömör) is a village and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

Etymology

János Melich associated Gemer with the Kyrgyz personal name Kemirbaj and old Turkish place name Kömürtag. This theory was adopted also by Lájos Kiss who explains the name from old Turkic kömür: coal.[4] However, Šimon Ondruš deemed the toponym is of slavic origin, a cognate of Slovak homoľa, ultimately from Proto Slavic stem(*gom-ol-), which originally meant a lump and afterwards metaphorically a hill.[5]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 181 metres (594 ft)[3] and covers an area of 17.96 km2 (6.93 sq mi) (2024).[6]

History

Important Bronze Age finds have been made in the village. In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1198 as Gomur (1216 Gumur, 1289 Gemer) as a settlement below the much older Gemer Castle (which was originally a Slavic fortified settlement). The castle was the capital of Gemer and control point of all the ways for Spiš County.

The settlement below the castle was a royal dominion and in the 14th century it became the capital of Gemer. It was besieged by the Bohemian condottiere Jiskra in the 15th century and it was pillaged by Turks in the 16th century. From 1938 to 1945 it belonged to Hungary under the First Vienna Award.

Population

Population statistic (10 years)[7]
Year1994200420142024
Count834807894889
Difference −3.23% +10.78% −0.55%
Population statistic[7]
Year20232024
Count915889
Difference−2.84%

It has a population of 889 people (31 December 2024).[8]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)[9][10]
EthnicityNumberFraction
Hungarian72080.08%
Slovak19121.24%
Romani11913.23%
Not found out161.77%
Total899

In year 2021 was 899 people by ethnicity 720 as Hungarian, 191 as Slovak, 119 as Romani, 16 as Not found out, 3 as Other and 2 as Czech.

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.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)[11]
ReligionNumberFraction
Evangelical Church32536.15%
None27931.03%
Roman Catholic Church20622.91%
Calvinist Church546.01%
United Methodist Church131.45%
Total899

In year 2021 was 899 people by religion 325 from Evangelical Church, 279 from None, 206 from Roman Catholic Church, 54 from Calvinist Church, 13 from United Methodist Church, 7 from Greek Catholic Church, 6 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 5 from Not found out, 2 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Other and 1 from Buddhism.

People

Other residents

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

  • Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1733-1896 (parish B)
  • Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1730-1895 (parish A)
  • Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1707-1870 (parish B)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7014rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  2. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ Kiss, Lajos (1978). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (in Hungarian). Budapest: Akadémiai. p. 244.
  5. ^ Ondruš, Šimon. Odtajnené trezory 2. Martin: Matica Slovenská (2002). ISBN 80-7090-659-6
  6. ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7014rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  7. ^ a b "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  8. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  9. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  10. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  11. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
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