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Svit

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Svit
Municipality
General view of the town
General view of the town
Flag of Svit
Flag
Coat of arms of Svit
Coat of arms
Svit is located in Prešov Region
Svit
Svit
Location of Svit in the Prešov Region
Svit is located in Slovakia
Svit
Svit
Location of Svit in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°04′N 20°11′E / 49.07°N 20.19°E / 49.07; 20.19
Country Slovakia
Region Prešov Region
DistrictPoprad District
First mentioned1946
Government
 • MayorIng. Dáša Vojsovičová
Area
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 • Total
4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi)
Elevation
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720 m (2,360 ft)
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total
7,717
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
592 1[3]
Area code+421 52[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)PP
Websitewww.svit.sk

Svit is a small town in Poprad District in the Prešov Region in northern Slovakia.[4] It lies 8 km (5 mi) west of the city of Poprad, at the foothills of the High Tatras.

Geography

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The municipality lies at an altitude of 720 metres (2,360 ft)[3] and covers an area of 4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi) (2024).[5]

History

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Svit is one of the youngest Slovak towns. It was established in 1934 by business industrialist Jan Antonín Baťa of Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) through his organization Baťa a.s., Zlin in accordance with his policy of setting up villages around the country for his workers. As a boy, Jan Baťa saw the poverty and sickness of his fellow countrymen. He wanted to change this by creating cities full of the most modern factories and filled with the best (and happiest) workers in Europe. The Baťa System under Jan's administration brought prosperity first to Moravia, and later Slovakia and Bohemia. It was Jan's policy for full employment that drove him to create each Baťa town for a different purpose: Shoes, Rubber and Tires, Textiles, Airplanes, Chemicals, Plastics, Media, Stockings, Leather, and Machinery.

When the World War II came, Jan Baťa's policy was to secretly fund the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, to supply the Czech Army with shoes and clothing and to secretly fund the Slovak National Uprising that started at Baťovany (now Partizánske) on 29 August 1944. Jan Baťa represented Czech/Slovak freedom and prosperity.

Svit is short for "Slovenské vizkózové továrne" (in English Slovak Viscose Works). Also, the word svit means 'shine' in Ukrainian. Svit is the smallest town in Slovakia (4.5 km²), with a population of 7,790.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
19707,291—    
19808,048+10.4%
19917,485−7.0%
20017,445−0.5%
20117,608+2.2%
20217,743+1.8%
Source: Censuses[6][7]
Population statistic (10 years)[8]
Year1994200420142024
Count7563746077397717
Difference −1.36% +3.73% −0.28%
Population statistic[8]
Year20232024
Count76867717
Difference+0.40%

It has a population of 7717 people (31 December 2024).[9]

Ethnicity

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Census 2021 (1+ %)[10][11]
EthnicityNumberFraction
Slovak727693.96%
Not found out3905.03%
Romani921.18%
Total7743

In year 2021 was 7743 people by ethnicity 7276 as Slovak, 390 as Not found out, 92 as Romani, 68 as Rusyn, 67 as Czech, 42 as Other, 24 as Russian, 23 as Hungarian, 19 as Polish, 12 as Ukrainian, 6 as Romanian, 5 as German, 5 as English, 3 as Jewish, 2 as Italian, 1 as Irish, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Austrian and 1 as Bulgarian.

Religion

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Census 2021 (1+ %)[12]
ReligionNumberFraction
Roman Catholic Church401851.89%
None221828.65%
Evangelical Church5396.96%
Not found out4796.19%
Greek Catholic Church2873.71%
Total7743

In year 2021 was 7743 people by religion 4018 from Roman Catholic Church, 2218 from None, 539 from Evangelical Church, 479 from Not found out, 287 from Greek Catholic Church, 31 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 28 from Ad hoc movements, 25 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 22 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 21 from Other, 18 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 17 from Baptists Church, 10 from Buddhism, 10 from Apostolic Church, 8 from Calvinist Church, 5 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3 from Islam, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church.

Churches

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  • Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph
  • Roman Catholic Church of St. Cyril and Methodius
  • Greek Catholic Chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius
  • Lutheran Church

Sports

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The town is home to the professional basketball team BK Iskra Svit, which plays in the Slovak Extraliga.

Twin towns — sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Svit is twinned with:[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7014rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic" (PDF). Výsledky SODB 2011. Štatistický úrad SR. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_obc=AREAS_SK, v_om7014rr_ukaz=Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011" (PDF) (in Slovak).
  7. ^ "Census 2021 - Population - Basic results". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) [om7101rr_obce=AREAS_SK]". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Population - Basic results". www.scitanie.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Partnerské mestá" (in Slovak). Svit. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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