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Jasenie

municipality of Slovakia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ644579
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Jasenie (Hungarian: Jecenye) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 504 metres (1,654 ft) and covers an area of 86.16 km2 (33.27 sq mi) (2025).

History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1424 (1424 Jechene, 1455 Jezen, 1465 Jassena, 1512 Jesene), as belonging to Slovenská Ľupča town.

Population

It has a population of 1166 people (31 December 2025).

Ethnicity

In year 2021 was 1138 people by ethnicity 1119 as Slovak, 14 as Not found out, 8 as Czech, 4 as Other, 2 as Hungarian, 1 as Romani, 1 as Russian and 1 as German.

Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.

Religion

In year 2021 was 1138 people by religion 803 from Roman Catholic Church, 270 from None, 26 from Evangelical Church, 15 from Not found out, 10 from Greek Catholic Church, 4 from Other, 3 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 2 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Church of the Brethren and 1 from Buddhism.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1673-1896 (parish B)

Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1927 (parish B)

See also

List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20071027094149/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html.

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