Vavrišovo

Vavrišovo (Hungarian: Vavrisó) is a village and municipality in the Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

The village was first mentioned in historical records in the year 1231.

During the late 17th century resistance developed among the nobility and serfs against the Habsburg government, especially after the Bratislava Diet in 1687, which passed measures that limited professional interests and privileges of the nobility. General hatred resulted in Rákóczi's War of Independence, an uprising led by Francis II Rákóczi.

In 1704, Rákoczi's rebel band (Kuruc) entered Slovakia. The village of Vavrišovo Kokava was burned during the ensuing war. In 1708, the Kuruc army suffered defeat at the Battle of Trencin, and this was a turning point in the war. The locality was involved in the Liptov campaign of August 1709. One of the last battles of the rebellion took place around the village of Vavrišovo.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Vavrišovo was part of Liptó County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 699 metres (2,293 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 9.90 km² (3.82 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 689 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 671 people by ethnicity 652 as Slovak, 11 as Not found out, 8 as Czech, 8 as Romani, 2 as Austrian, 2 as German, 2 as English, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as Hungarian 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 671 people by religion 289 from Evangelical Church, 188 from None, 133 from Roman Catholic Church, 17 from Baptists Church, 12 from Greek Catholic Church, 10 from Not found out, 10 from Ad hoc movements, 4 from Eastern Orthodox 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 Jehovah's Witnesses and 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia.

• Peter Zaťko (economist) (1903–1978), economist