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Osrblie () is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village is best known for biathlon races, with Biathlon World Cup events taking place since the mid-1990s and with one Biathlon World Championships in 1997. It also hosted the biathlon event at the 2015 Winter Universiade.

Key facts

Slovak place.name
Osrblie
Slovak place.other_name
Cserpatak
Slovak place.settlement_type
Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline
Panoráma Osrblie.jpg
Slovak place.image_flag
Osrblie-brezno-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1
Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2
District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2
Brezno District
Slovak place.pushpin_map
Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
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1
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Location of Osrblie in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Osrblie in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title
First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date
1622
Slovak place.elevation_m
585
Slovak place.postal_code_type
Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code
976 45
Slovak place.area_code
+421 48
Slovak place.registration_plate
BR

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Osrblie
Country
Slovakia
Located in
Brezno District
Population
335
Area
24.015912
Elevation
585
Official website
www.osrblie.sk
Image
Panoráma Osrblie.jpg
Dialing code
048
Licence plate code
BR
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Commons category
Osrblie
topic's main category
Category:Osrblie
postal code
976 45 (pošta Hronec)
email address
mailto:[email protected]
time of earliest written record
1622-00-00
native label
Osrblie
inception
1622-00-00
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Osrblie () is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village is best known for biathlon races, with Biathlon World Cup events taking place since the mid-1990s and with one Biathlon World Championships in 1997. It also hosted the biathlon event at the 2015 Winter Universiade.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1580, although it was established much sooner, around the second half of the 15th century, with the reference to the iron ore mining, which lasted until the 19th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osrblie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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