Smolník, Gelnica District

Smolník Schmöllnitz
Municipality
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Smolník Location of Smolník in the Košice Region Smolník Location of Smolník in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48.73°N 20.73°E / 48.73; 20.73
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Gelnica District
First mentioned	1327
Area
• Total	68.97 km2 (26.63 sq mi)
Elevation	567 m (1,860 ft)
Population  (2025)
• Total	933
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	556 6
Area code	+421 53
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	GL
Website	www.smolnik.sk

Smolník (German: Schmöllnitz, Hungarian: Szomolnok) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.

Etymology

Smolník, originally Schmöllnitz, is a municipality in eastern Slovakia in the historic Spiš region, founded by German settlers. The first written evidence of settlement by German miners dates back to the 13th century (1225).

German word schmelzen means melt, as there were smelters in the valley, formerly in dialect schmöllzen – Schmöllnitz – later Smolník via phonetic transcription.

Population

Population statistic (10 years)

Year	1995	2005	2015	2025
Count	1248	1263	1055	933
Difference		+1.20%	−16.46%	−11.56%

Population statistic

Year	2024	2025
Count	944	933
Difference		−1.16%

It has a population of 933 people (31 December 2025).

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	895	90.77%
Not found out	64	6.49%
German	34	3.44%
Ukrainian	19	1.92%
Romani	13	1.31%
Total	986

In year 2021 was 986 people by ethnicity 895 as Slovak, 64 as Not found out, 34 as German, 19 as Ukrainian, 13 as Romani, 6 as Czech, 5 as Hungarian, 4 as Rusyn, 2 as Other, 1 as Jewish, 1 as Vietnamese, 1 as Russian, 1 as Polish, 1 as Canadian, 1 as Croatian and 1 as English.

Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	629	63.79%
None	189	19.17%
Not found out	83	8.42%
Evangelical Church	27	2.74%
Eastern Orthodox Church	23	2.33%
Greek Catholic Church	20	2.03%
Total	986

In year 2021 was 986 people by religion 629 from Roman Catholic Church, 189 from None, 83 from Not found out, 27 from Evangelical Church, 23 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 20 from Greek Catholic Church, 3 from Buddhism, 2 from Jewish community, 2 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 2 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 2 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 2 from Islam, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Ad hoc movements.

External links

• Official page of Smolník (in Slovak)
• http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/smolnik/smolnik.html