Slatvina Szlatvin
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°58′N 20°51′E / 48.97°N 20.85°E / 48.97; 20.85
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Spišská Nová Ves District
First mentioned	1246
Area [1]
• Total	4.40 km2 (1.70 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	307
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	536 1[3]
Area code	+421 53[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	SN
Website	slatvina.eu

Slatvina (Hungarian: Szlatvin) is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia. It has a population of 334 inhabitants as of 2017.^[4]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1246 as a zek and was originally a place of border guards of the emerging Hungarian state. Therefore, the local nobles wore the title de Szék. It was not until 1525 that the Slavic name form emerged as Szlatwin. Before that year, the village was owned by the Zsigray family, after which it came under the dominion of the Spiš Castle and thus under landlords such as Zápolya , Thurzo and Csáky. In 1828 there were 29 houses and 218 inhabitants whose main source of income was agriculture.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 460 metres (1,510 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 4.40 km² (1.70 sq mi) (2024).^[5]

It has a population of 307 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 308 people by ethnicity 306 as Slovak, 1 as Czech, 1 as Not found out and 1 as Hungarian.

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 308 people by religion 280 from Roman Catholic Church, 21 from None, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Not found out, 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1 from Greek Catholic Church, 1 from Evangelical Church, 1 from Buddhism and 1 from Ad hoc movements.

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