Jalová

Jalová
Jalová
Municipality
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	Coordinates: 49°03′N 22°15′E / 49.050°N 22.250°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Snina
First mentioned	1568
Area
• Total	2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Elevation	339 m (1,112 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	62
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	067 61
Area code	+421 57
Car plate	SV
Website	obecjalova38.webnode.sk

Jalová (Hungarian: Jármos, Rusyn: Ялова) is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

History[edit]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1568. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Jalová was part of Zemplén County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. As a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was from 1939 to 1944 again part of Hungary. In the autumn of 1944, the Red Army entered Jalová and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 350 metres and covers an area of 2.787 km². It has a population of about 90 people.

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