Červený Kameň | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Trenčín |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Ilava |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Červený Kameň in the Trenčín Region |
Coordinates: | 49.0833°N 29°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1439 |
Area Total Km2: | 32.58[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 12.58 |
Elevation M: | 357[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,171 |
Population Total: | 650[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 20.25[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 7.82 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 018 56 |
Area Code: | +421 42 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | IL |
Website: | www.cervenykamen.sk |
Červený Kameň (hu|Vöröskő) is a village and municipality in Ilava District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.
Both Slovak and Hungarian names mean "red stone". The first written mention about the village is "possesio seu willa Wewreskew" (1439). Cherweny Kamen (1484) later also Rothenstein (1808).[5]
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1439.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 361 metres and covers an area of 32.584 km2. It has a population of about 757 people.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"