Vyšný Medzev
Encyclopedia
Vyšný Medzev is a village and municipality of Košice-okolie District
in the Košice Region
of eastern Slovakia
near the town of Medzev
.
lies at an altitude of 383 metres and covers an area of 32.345 km².
It has a population
of 533 people.
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 Košice 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
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
near the town of Medzev
Medzev
Medzev is a town and large municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.-History:In historical records the town was first mentioned in 1359. It was founded and settled by ethnic Germans.-Geography:...
.
Geography
The villageVillage
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...
lies at an altitude of 383 metres and covers an area of 32.345 km².
It has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 533 people.