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Municipality in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Rimavská Baňa Rimabánya
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°30′N 19°56′E / 48.50°N 19.93°E / 48.50; 19.93
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica Region
DistrictRimavská Sobota District
First mentioned1270
Area
 • Total26.21 km (10.12 sq mi)
Elevation256 m (840 ft)
Population
 • Total517
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code980 53
Area code+421 47
Car plateRS
Websiteobecrimavskabana.sk

Rimavská Baňa (Hungarian: Rimabánya) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. The name of the village means Mine of the Rimava region and is a commemoration of the mining history of the region. Although mining is for some centuries not present, the village is a home to one of the nicest decorated church in the region. Protestant church from the 13th century was several times rebuilt, in its present form it has baroque features. It contains Gothic wall paintings, painted wooden matroneum from 1726 and painted wooden ceiling.

The village is a birthplace of Juraj Palkovič, Slovak politician, professor and teacher od Ľudovít Štúr.

References

  1. "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

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Municipalities of Rimavská Sobota District
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