Spišský Štiavnik

Spišský Štiavnik (Hungarian: Savnik, German: Schawnik or Schafing) is a village and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 563 metres (1,847 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 18.24 km² (7.04 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1246.

It has a population of 2826 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 2698 people by ethnicity 2380 as Slovak, 320 as Not found out, 66 as Romani, 6 as Czech, 3 as Russian, 2 as Rusyn, 2 as Polish, 1 as Vietnamese, 1 as Austrian, 1 as German 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 2698 people by religion 2172 from Roman Catholic Church, 302 from Not found out, 162 from None, 22 from Greek Catholic Church, 10 from Evangelical Church, 8 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 4 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from Apostolic Church, 2 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 2 from Other, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Islam, 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church and 1 from Buddhism.

• Tibor Frešo, composer and conductor
• Prof. Martin Slivka, ethnography director

Cultural sightseeing is a building of former spas from the 19th century. In the Spišský Štiavnik is multi course as well as football and horse racing clubs.