Vlkanová

Vlkanová (Hungarian: Farkaspetőfalva) is a village and municipality in Banská Bystrica District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.^[4]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1294.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 317 metres (1,040 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 7.77 km² (3.00 sq mi) (2024).^[5]

It has a population of 1273 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 1293 people by ethnicity 1218 as Slovak, 54 as Not found out, 26 as Romani, 12 as Czech, 10 as Ukrainian, 4 as Other, 3 as Russian, 3 as German, 3 as Hungarian and 2 as Rusyn.

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 1293 people by religion 524 from None, 501 from Roman Catholic Church, 172 from Evangelical Church, 55 from Not found out, 10 from Greek Catholic Church, 7 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 5 from Other, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from United Methodist Church, 2 from Old Catholic Church, 2 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Baptists Church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1 from Church of the Brethren, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church and 1 from Buddhism.