Snina

Snina
Town
A view of Snina with Vihorlat Mountains in the background
Flag Coat of arms
Snina Location of Snina in the Prešov Region Show map of Prešov Region Snina Location of Snina in Slovakia Show map of Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°59′17″N 22°09′24″E / 48.98806°N 22.15667°E / 48.98806; 22.15667
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Snina
First mentioned	1317
Government
• Mayor	Peter Vološin
Area [1]
• Total	58.61 km2 (22.63 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	216[2] m (709[2] ft)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	18,208
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	069 01[2]
Area code	+421 57[2]
Car plate	SV
Website	www.snina.sk

Snina (Hungarian: Szinna; Rusyn: Снина) is a town in the Prešov Region in Slovakia. About 20,000 people live there. It is at the meeting point of the river Cirocha and the small river Pčolinka in the valley between the Bukovec Mountains foothills and the Vihorlat Mountains.

In year 2021 was 18,712 people by ethnicity 16,067 as Slovak, 3228 as Rusyn, 1566 as Not found out, 370 as Romani, 217 as Ukrainian, 100 as Czech, 85 as Other, 28 as Hungarian, 20 as Polish, 18 as Russian, 9 as Italian, 9 as German, 8 as Vietnamese, 6 as English, 3 as Serbian, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Irish, 2 as Turkish, 2 as Moravian, 2 as French, 2 as Croatian, 1 as Canadian, 1 as Bulgarian and 1 as Albanian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 18,712 people by religion 9296 from Roman Catholic Church, 3265 from Greek Catholic Church, 2311 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1760 from None, 1689 from Not found out, 134 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 65 from Evangelical Church, 54 from Ad hoc movements, 44 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 23 from Other, 17 from Islam, 16 from Calvinist Church, 15 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 6 from Buddhism, 5 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 3 from Jewish community, 3 from Church of the Brethren, 3 from Apostolic Church, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 1 from Baptists Church.

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