Počúvadlo

Village in Slovakia

48°22′N 18°50′E / 48.367°N 18.833°E / 48.367; 18.833CountrySlovakiaRegionBanská BystricaDistrictBanská ŠtiavnicaFirst mentioned1333Area

• Total15.50^[2] km² (5.98^[2] sq mi)Elevation

540^[3] m (1,770^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total86^[1]Population by ethnicity (2021)

^[5]^[6]

• Slovak95.3% • Czech1.2% • Hungarian1.2% • Unreported3.5%Population by religion (2021)

^[7]

• Lutheran39.5% • Roman Catholic20.9% • Greek Catholic4.7% • Bahá'í2.3% • Other3.5% • Non-religious25.6% • Unreported3.5%Postal code

969 75^[3]

Area code+421 45^[3]Car plateBS

Počúvadlo (Hungarian: Bacsófalva) is a village and municipality in Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

Etymology

The name comes from Slovak počúvať - to listen (the modern meaning), but also to observe, to watch (historic). Počúvadlo - an observation point, a watchtower. Pocholla 1333, Pochyualla 1388, Pochowala 1511, Počuwadlo 1773, Počuwadlo 1808, Počúvadlo 1920.^[8]

References

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ SODB - Počúvadlo, 2021
^ Represents number of population reporting each nationality as first or second choice.
^ SODB - Počúvadlo, 2021
^ Krajčovič, Rudolf (2015). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (49)". Kultúra slova (in Slovak) (1). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 27.