Poniky

Poniky (Hungarian: Pónik) is a village and municipality in Banská Bystrica District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1282. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Poniky was part of Zólyom County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 23 March 1945, the Romanian Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Poniky and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 499 metres (1,637 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 59.03 km² (22.79 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 1554 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 1529 people by ethnicity 1501 as Slovak, 37 as Romani, 19 as Not found out, 9 as Czech, 6 as Other, 2 as Ukrainian, 2 as Russian, 2 as Hungarian, 1 as Irish, 1 as Italian, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as German, 1 as Moravian, 1 as Croatian 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 1529 people by religion 632 from Evangelical Church, 467 from Roman Catholic Church, 371 from None, 18 from Not found out, 18 from Greek Catholic Church, 9 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 6 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Other and not ascertained christian church and 2 from Other.