Debrad
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Debraď is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and municipality
Municipality
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 in Košice-okolie District
Košice-okolie District
Košice–okolie District is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia around the city of Košice, which isn't part of the district. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Abov-Turňa, apart from a small area in the north which formed part of the county of Šariš...

 in the Kosice Region
Košice Region
The Košice Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 11 districts .-Geography:It is located in the southern part of eastern Slovakia and covers an area of 6,752 km²...

 of eastern Slovakia.

Geography

The village
Village
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 lies at an altitude
Altitude
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 of 267 metres and covers an area
Area
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 of 23.791 km².
It has a population
Population
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 of about 380 people.

Ethnicity

The village has a population of 391 people, the majority (270) is Hungarian.

Government

The village relies on the tax
Tax
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 and district
District
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 offices and fire brigade at Moldava nad Bodvou. The village relies on the police force of Jasov
Jasov
Jasov is a small town and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.-St.John The Baptist Church:This is the biggest monastery complex in Slovakia and the , which forms its centrepiece, is considered one of the country's most important late-Baroque...

.

Culture

The village has a public library
Library
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 and is connected to cable television
Cable television
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. It has a food store.

External links

  • http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
  • http://www.debrad.sk/
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