Haligovce

Haligovce (, ) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. Former name of the village was "Hedvigina Poruba".

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Slovak place.name: Haligovce
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Haligovce 17 Slovakia.jpg
Slovak place.image_flag: Haligovce-stara lubovna-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Stará Ľubovňa District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Haligovce in the Prešov Region##Location of Haligovce in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date: 1338
Slovak place.elevation_m: 506
Slovak place.postal_code_type: Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code: 653 4
Slovak place.area_code: +421 52
Slovak place.registration_plate: SL

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Official name: Haligovce
Population: 655
Area: 11.364863
Elevation: 506
Official website: www.obechaligovce.sk
Image: Haligovce 17 Slovakia.jpg
Dialing code: 052
Licence plate code: SL

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Commons category: Haligovce
postal code: 065 34 (pošta Veľká Lesná)
time of earliest written record: 1338-00-00
native label: Haligovce
inception: 1338-00-00

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Haligovce (, ) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. Former name of the village was "Hedvigina Poruba".

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1338. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Haligovce was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 25 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Haligovce and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.