Zemplínska Teplica Szécskeresztúr
Municipality
A chapel in Zemplínska Teplica.
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Coordinates: 48°39′N 21°34′E / 48.65°N 21.57°E / 48.65; 21.57
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Trebišov District
First mentioned	1263
Government
• Mayor	Rastislav Majoroš (The Democratic Party)
Area [1]
• Total	26.81 km2 (10.35 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	204 m (669 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	1,859
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	766 4[3]
Area code	+421 56[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	TV
Website	www.zemplinskateplica.sk

Zemplínska Teplica (Hungarian: Szécskeresztúr) is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.

First mentioned in 1236 as Cristúr, later Santa Crux, Kereztur, Kiskeresztur, Kerežtur, Križovany, Kerestúr, Zemplínsky Svätý Kríž (Zemplin Holy Cross) holds its present name since 1955

The municipality lies at an altitude of 204 metres (669 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 26.81 km² (10.35 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 1859 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 1796 people by ethnicity 1736 as Slovak, 94 as Romani, 53 as Not found out, 14 as Czech, 10 as Other, 5 as Rusyn, 4 as Hungarian, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as German, 1 as French, 1 as English 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 1796 people by religion 1005 from Roman Catholic Church, 447 from Greek Catholic Church, 234 from None, 57 from Not found out, 18 from Evangelical Church, 9 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 7 from Calvinist Church, 5 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 5 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 3 from Islam, 3 from Buddhism, 2 from Other and 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia.