Palota

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Palota

| other_name =

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Palota churches.jpg

| image_caption =

| image_flag = Palota-medzilaborce-flag.svg

| image_shield =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{SVK}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Prešov Region}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Medzilaborce District

| pushpin_map = Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Palota in the Prešov Region##Location of Palota in Slovakia

| coordinates = {{coord|49.27|N|22.00|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}}

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| leader_party =

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 1330

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| area_total_km2 = 24.12

| elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| elevation_m = 439

| population_as_of = {{abbr|2021|Population: 2021-12-31. Population density & Total area: 2021-06-30/-07-01. Elevation, Postal code & Area code (last updated): 2015-04-17.}}

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7101rr/v_om7101rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) |language=sk |date=2022-03-31 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}

| population_total = 179

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 675 1

| area_code = +421 57

| blank_name = Car plate

| blank_info = ML

| website = {{URL|https://www.palota.sk/}}

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Palota ({{langx|rue|Палота}}, {{langx|hu|Palota}}) is a village and municipality in the Medzilaborce District in the Prešov Region of far north-eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1330. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of {{convert|482|m|ft|abbr=off}} and covers an area of {{convert|24.116|km²|3|abbr=off}}. It has a population of about 190 people.

Gallery

File:Palota-kostely2015d.jpg|Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Our Lady in Palota

File:Palota-kostely2015e.jpg|Front facade of the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Our Lady in Palota

File:Palota-kostely2015c.jpg|Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Our Lady and belfry in Palota

File:Palota-kostely2015h.jpg|Greek Catholic Church in Palota

File:Palota-kostely2015g.jpg|Greek Catholic Church in Palota

File:Palota-kostely2015f.jpg|Front facade of Greek Catholic Church in Palota

File:Palota cemetery.jpg|WWI military cemetery in Palota

File:Palota-kostely2015j.jpg|Funeral home in Palota

File:Palota-úřad2015.jpg|Municipal office in Palota

File:Palota houses.jpg|A street with newer housing in Palota

File:Palota-ulice-podél-potoka2015.jpg|Street with local stream in Palota

File:Palota-ulice-podél-potoka2015d.jpg|Old cottage in Palota

File:Palota-ulice-podél-potoka2015c.jpg|Traditional wooden barn in Palota

File:Palota-památník2015.jpg|Commemorative plaque and T-34 medium tank on public display at local WWII memorial

File:Granica radoszyce palota.jpg|The Palota-Radoszyce foot-only border crossing between Poland and Slovakia

File:Radoszyce Pass border stone.jpg|1890s boundary stone at the Palota-Radoszyce foot-only border crossing between Poland and Slovakia

References

{{Medzilaborce District}}

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Category:Villages and municipalities in Medzilaborce District

Category:Zemplín (region)

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