Pliešovce Tótpelsőc
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°25′N 19°10′E / 48.42°N 19.17°E / 48.42; 19.17
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Zvolen District
First mentioned	1332
Government
• Mayor	Štefan Sýkora (Ind.)
Area [1]
• Total	56.36 km2 (21.76 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	633 m (2,077 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	2,262
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	962 63[3]
Area code	+421 45[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	ZV
Website	www.pliesovce.sk

Pliešovce (German: Deutschpelsätz; Hungarian: Tótpelsőc) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 633 metres (2,077 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 56.36 km² (21.76 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Pliešovce was part of Zólyom County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

It has a population of 2262 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 2260 people by ethnicity 2145 as Slovak, 79 as Not found out, 22 as Czech, 18 as Other, 10 as German, 8 as Polish, 8 as Hungarian, 4 as Rusyn, 4 as Moravian, 3 as Russian, 3 as French, 2 as Greek, 1 as Irish, 1 as Ukrainian and 1 as Romanian.

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 2260 people by religion 825 from Evangelical Church, 651 from None, 619 from Roman Catholic Church, 75 from Not found out, 20 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 18 from Other, 12 from Greek Catholic Church, 11 from Buddhism, 8 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 7 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 3 from United Methodist Church, 2 from Hinduism, 2 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses and 1 from Islam.

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