Abrahámovce, Bardejov District

Municipality in Slovakia

Coat of arms

49°13′0″N 21°19′0″E / 49.21667°N 21.31667°E / 49.21667; 21.31667Country

SlovakiaRegionPrešovDistrictBardejovFirst mentioned1427^{[citation needed]}Area

• Total5.89^[2] km² (2.27^[2] sq mi)Elevation

267^[3] m (876^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total336^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

086 43^[3]

Area code+421 54^[3]Car plateBJWebsiteabrahamovce-bj.sk

Abrahámovce (Rusyn: Абрагамовцї, Ukrainian: Абрагамовце, Hungarian: Ábrahámfalva) is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.^[5] The municipality lies at an altitude of 265 metres and covers an area of 5.899 km². It has a population of about 342 people. The village is about 99% Slovak. The village has a public library and a football pitch.^[6]

Names and etymology

The name comes from a Slavic personal name Obran, later it was incorrectly associated with the biblical Abraham.^[7] In the 15th–16th centuries the name was recorded as Abranfalua (one record), Abran (the most frequent version) or Abraham (only from the second half of the 16th century).^[7]

References

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ "Abrahámovce - Okres Bardejov - E-OBCE.sk".
^ "Home". abrahamovce.sk.
^ ^a ^b Uličný, Ferdinand (1990). Dejiny osídlenia Šariša. Košice: Východoslovenské vydavateľstvo. p. 13. ISBN 80-85174-03-0.