Oponice

Oponice
Municipality
Ruins of the Apponyi fortress
Ruins of the Apponyi fortress
Oponice is located in Slovakia
Oponice
Oponice
Location in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°28′N 18°09′E / 48.467°N 18.150°E / 48.467; 18.150
Country Slovakia
RegionNitra
DistrictTopoľčany
First mentioned1244
Government
 • MayorMilan Gál
Area
 • Total12.27[2] km2 (4.74[2] sq mi)
Elevation
169[3] m (554[3] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total825[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
956 14[3]
Area code+421 38[3]
Websitewww.oponice.sk

Oponice (Hungarian: Appony) is a municipality and village in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia.[5] In 2011 it had 879 inhabitants.[6] It is bordered by the Nitra River to the west and the Tribeč range of the Fatra-Tatra mountain complex to the east. Part of the municipality is within the Ponitrie Protected Landscape Area.

Until around 1910, there was a longstanding division between the southern side of the village, known as Greater Appony (Nagyappony in Hungarian, Veľké Oponice in Slovak) and traditionally held by the Apponyis, and the northern side or Lesser Appony (Kisappony, Malé Oponice), where other families have long been dominant. The Church of St Peter and St Paul marked the boundary between the two sections.[7]

  1. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. ^ "Oponice - Okres Topoľčany - E-OBCE.sk".
  6. ^ Archived copy Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "History section". Oponice official website.

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