Betlanovce Betlenfalva
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Coordinates: 48°58′N 20°23′E / 48.97°N 20.38°E / 48.97; 20.38
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Spišská Nová Ves District
First mentioned	1311
Area [1]
• Total	10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	547 m (1,795 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	776
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	531 5[3]
Area code	+421 53[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	SN
Website	www.betlanovce.sk

Betlanovce (Hungarian: Betlenfalva) is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.

The name "Terra Bethlem", the earth of Bethlem, was mentioned as early as 1260 in a written document. In historical records the village itself was first mentioned in 1311 as "villa Bethlem", meaning a village belonging to Bethlem.

The village was once part of the County of the Ten Lance-bearers (Sedes X lanceatorum), a historical autonomous administrative unit within the wider Spiš county. The County of the Ten Lance-bearers existed between the 12th century and 1802, when it merged with the Spiš county proper. Between 1725 and 1803 this institution resided in Betlanovce.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 547 metres (1,795 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 10.11 km² (3.90 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 776 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 744 people by ethnicity 618 as Slovak, 248 as Romani, 70 as Not found out, 2 as Rusyn, 2 as Russian, 1 as Moravian, 1 as Hungarian 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 744 people by religion 579 from Roman Catholic Church, 60 from None, 37 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 25 from Not found out, 19 from Evangelical Church, 10 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 6 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 3 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 3 from Greek Catholic Church, 1 from Calvinist Church and 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality.

• Renaissance manor house of the Thurzó family

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

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1703-1903 (parish B)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1710-1895 (parish B)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

• http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/betlanovce/betlanovce.html
• http://www.betlanovce.sk
• Surnames of living people in Betlanovce