Malý Lipník
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°19′37″N 20°47′17″E / 49.327°N 20.788°E / 49.327; 20.788
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Stará Ľubovňa District
First mentioned	1715
Area [1]
• Total	13.77 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	452 m (1,483 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	484
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	654 6[3]
Area code	+421 52[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	SL
Website	obecmalylipnik.sk

Malý Lipník (Hungarian: Kishárs; Rusyn: Малый Липник; Ukrainian: Малий Липник, romanized: Malyi Lypnyk) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 452 metres (1,483 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 13.77 km² (5.32 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

The village of Malý Lipník is mentioned for the first time in a hand-written chronicle in 1715. In other historic periods the village carried these names; in 1715 Kis Lipnik, in 1786 Lipnik, in 1927 Malý Lipník; in Hungarian Kislipnik, Kisharas. The Greek Catholic Church of Cosmos and Damien is a made of stone and the church cemetery is located on a hill to the side of the church.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Malý Lipník was part of Sáros County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 24 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Malý Lipník and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

It has a population of 484 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 455 people by ethnicity 419 as Slovak, 178 as Rusyn, 7 as Not found out, 3 as Czech, 3 as English, 2 as Polish and 1 as Ukrainian.

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 455 people by religion 360 from Greek Catholic Church, 81 from Roman Catholic Church, 6 from None, 3 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 3 from Not found out and 2 from Eastern Orthodox Church.

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