Ruská Nová Ves

Ruská Nová Ves (Hungarian: Sósújfalu) is a village and municipality in Prešov District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1423.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 418 metres (1,371 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 12.57 km² (4.85 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 1398 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 1305 people by ethnicity 1229 as Slovak, 63 as Not found out, 38 as Romani, 32 as Rusyn, 6 as Ukrainian, 5 as Czech, 4 as Hungarian, 4 as English, 3 as Irish, 3 as German, 1 as Italian, 1 as Russian, 1 as Austrian, 1 as Polish and 1 as Other.

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 1305 people by religion 561 from Roman Catholic Church, 479 from Greek Catholic Church, 139 from None, 56 from Not found out, 24 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 15 from Evangelical Church, 10 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 6 from Apostolic Church, 4 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 1 from Calvinist Church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Other and 1 from Buddhism.