Štós Stósz
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°43′N 20°47′E / 48.71°N 20.79°E / 48.71; 20.79
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Košice-okolie District
First mentioned	1341
Area [1]
• Total	31.35 km2 (12.10 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	516 m (1,693 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	747
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	442 6[3]
Area code	+421 55[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	KS
Website	www.stos.sk

Štós (before 1973 Štos; German: Stoß, earlier Stoos; Hungarian: Stósz, earlier Soosz, in the Middle Ages Hegyalja) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is one of several towns in Bodva Valley. Other towns in Bodva Valley include: Jasov, Lucia Bania, Medzev (Metzenseifen), and Vyšný Medzev (Upper Metzenseifen).

The municipality lies at an altitude of 516 metres (1,693 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 31.35 km² (12.10 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

The village developed from an old Slav mining settlement. After the Mongol invasion of 1241, the depopulated region was resettled by German settlers. The place-name derives from the German family name Stoss. In 1341 many privileges were given to German miners. The village passed to Jasov and in 1427 to Smolník. After that, it belonged to the local lord Ján Baglos. In 1449 Johann Kistner from Štitník gave his part of the village to Carthusian monastery of the Spiš County.

It has a population of 747 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 737 people by ethnicity 640 as Slovak, 70 as German, 61 as Not found out, 31 as Romani, 8 as Hungarian, 5 as Czech, 3 as Other, 2 as Rusyn, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Polish and 1 as Albanian.

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 737 people by religion 466 from Roman Catholic Church, 139 from None, 53 from Not found out, 40 from Evangelical Church, 16 from Greek Catholic Church, 13 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 5 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 4 from Calvinist Church and 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses.

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