Kamenica nad Cirochou


Kamenica nad Cirochou is a village and municipality in Humenné District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia. By number of citizens it is the biggest village in the District. There are two rivers Cirocha and :sk:Kamenica |Kamenica that merge approximately 1 km off the village. There are 23 named streets with public lighting.

History

Original site of village was significantly closer to Cirocha river. Change was induced probably by regular floods.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1317. King Robert I. gave it, together with other villages and town of Humenné, as a reward for faithful service to Drugeth family. It is assumed that village is older than with estimated origin in 13. century.
First known name of the village was Kemence and from 1416 it is called in official records Nagy Kemence. Mansion located in the village was built by Csáky family. Later it was owned by Andrássy family and Gejza Andrassy was the last count that lived in the mansion. In 1925 he sold part of land to citizens which lead to village expansion. In 1933 state took over management of woods and fields from the same count. With this change is linked origin of Military forests in the area and building electric sawmill.

Demographic evolution


Mother language18801890190019102011
Slovak91910289498682041
Hungarian723261131
German6012221
Rusyn830
Romani184
Ukrainian2
Czech6
Foreigners1
Other2634844
Not speaking15
Not identified110

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Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 179 metres and covers an area of 17.573 km².
It has a population of about 2340 people.

Sights