Oravská Jasenica

General view of the village

Oravská Jasenica (Hungarian: Jaszenica) is a village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

History

The village was founded in the 1680s. The first written mention of the place under the name Jasenica is dated by 1588. There are later further records under various spellings. The current name Oravská Jasenica was documented in 1949.[1][2]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 630 metres and covers an area of 23.684 km². It has a population of about 1575 people.

References

  1. ^ Oravská Jasenica. In: KROPILÁK, Miroslav, ed. Vlastivedný slovník obcí na Slovensku II 1st edition Bratislava: Veda, 1977, p. 351.
  2. ^ História, Oravská Jasenica official website

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