Chmeľnica
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°18′N 20°44′E / 49.30°N 20.73°E / 49.30; 20.73
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Stará Ľubovňa District
First mentioned	1315
Area [1]
• Total	12.64 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	521 m (1,709 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	1,009
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	640 1[3]
Area code	+421 52[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	SL
Website	www.chmelnica.sk

Chmeľnica (German: Hopgarten; Hungarian: Komlóskert; Rusyn: Хмельніця; Polish: Chmielnica) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. The village is traditionally inhabited by Carpathian Germans. It is also famous for music producer SIIK.

The village was established in 1315 by German settlers. Another 40 families of ethnic Germans from Silesia arrived here in 1787.^[4] Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Chmeľnica was part of Szepes 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 Chmeľnica and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. The local German-speaking population was not expelled after World War II, but from 1946 until the end of the communist regime, speaking German was outlawed.^[5] The survival of German in the village sparked interest in German and Austrian media.^{[clarification needed][4]}

The municipality lies at an altitude of 521 metres (1,709 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 12.64 km² (4.88 sq mi) (2024).^[6]

It has a population of 1009 people (31 December 2024).^[8]

In year 2021 was 980 people by ethnicity 911 as Slovak, 286 as German, 22 as Not found out, 19 as Rusyn, 3 as Czech, 3 as Polish, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Romani, 1 as Other and 1 as Croatian.

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 980 people by religion 874 from Roman Catholic Church, 49 from Greek Catholic Church, 22 from None, 13 from Not found out, 9 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 7 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 2 from Evangelical Church, 2 from Ad hoc movements, 1 from Jewish community and 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia.

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

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1779-1914 (parish A)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

• Surnames of living people in Chmelnica