Ostrovany
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°04′N 21°07′E / 49.07°N 21.12°E / 49.07; 21.12
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov Region
District	Sabinov District
First mentioned	1248
Area [1]
• Total	5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	306 m (1,004 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	2,511
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	822 2[3]
Area code	+421 51[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	SB
Website	www.ostrovany.sk

Ostrovany is a village and municipality in Sabinov District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1248. In 1790 and 1865, two rich finds from the burial of a Vandalic king were discovered in Ostrovany. The contents of the grave are located at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary respectively. The Treasure of Osztrópataka is considered to be one of the most important early-historical findings from Slovakia.^[4]

In 2010, the town received international media attention when the town council built a wall around part of Ostrovany, essentially making the enclosed part a gated community, in an attempt to keep out Roma neighbors with a "roma wall."^[5] Because of the apparent poverty of the Roma, at least one source likened the area outside the walls to a ghetto.^[5] The mayor Cyril Revak stated that the wall was built in order to prevent gardens from theft and vandalism, and that the Roma people had access to the village from other sides.^[6]

It has a population of 2511 people (31 December 2024).^[8]

In year 2021 was 2320 people by ethnicity 2031 as Slovak, 1474 as Romani, 183 as Not found out, 12 as Hungarian, 3 as Polish, 2 as Czech, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Italian and 1 as Rusyn.

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 he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

The vast majority of the municipality's population consists of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 84% of the local population.^[11]

In year 2021 was 2320 people by religion 1674 from Roman Catholic Church, 271 from Apostolic Church, 142 from Not found out, 112 from None, 82 from Evangelical Church, 33 from Greek Catholic Church, 2 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses and 1 from Buddhism.

Two-thirds of the population are Roma, and at least some of the Roma are impoverished enough to live in "shacks".^[5]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 306 metres (1,004 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 5.85 km² (2.26 sq mi) (2024).^[13]