Chlebnice is a
village and
municipality in
Dolný Kubín District
Dolný Kubín District (''okres Dolný Kubín'') is a district in
the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. District is located in a hilly area north of Malá Fatra mountain range. Core of the district economy represent engineering, electrical engine ...
in the
Žilina Region of northern
Slovakia.
Chlebnice has three
sister cities:
Balkány
Balkány () is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of and has a population of 6,852 people (2002). It lies approximately southeast from Nyíregyháza an ...
in
Hungary,
Słopnice
Słopnice (; pronunciation: ) is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Słopnice. It lies approximately west of Limanowa and south-east ...
in
Poland and
Lázári in
Romania.
History
Before the establishment of independent
Czechoslovakia in 1918, Chlebnice was part of
Árva County
Árva County ( hu, Árva vármegye, la, Comitatus Arvensis, sk, Oravská stolica/župa, german: Komitat Arwa, pl, Komitat Orawa) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 14th century until 1920. Its territory ...
within the
Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the
Slovak Republic
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1672-1909 (parish A)
External links
of living people in Chlebnice
Villages and municipalities in Dolný Kubín District
Orava (region)
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