Kežmarok

Kežmarok
Town
Coat of arms
Etymology: "cheese market"
Kežmarok Location of Kežmarok in Prešov Region Kežmarok Location of Kežmarok in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°08′01″N 20°25′35″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Kežmarok
First mentioned	1251
Government
• Mayor	Ján Ferenčák
Area
• Total	24.78 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	627 m (2,057 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	15,304
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	060 01
Area code	+421 52
Car plate	KK
Website	www.kezmarok.sk
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Kežmarok (German: Kesmark or Käsmark; Hungarian: Késmárk; Polish: Kieżmark) is a town in the Prešov Region in Slovakia. It is the capital of the Kežmarok District. About 16,000 people live there.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1995	2005	2015	2025
Count:	17,190	17,165	16,558	14,984
Progress:		-0.14%	-3.53%	-9.50%

Population statistics

Year:	2024	2025
Count:	15,145	14,984
Progress:		-1.06%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	14,151	90.99%
Not found out	1225	7.87%
Total	15,552

In year 2021 was 15,552 people by ethnicity 14,151 as Slovak, 1225 as Not found out, 149 as Romani, 131 as Czech, 121 as Rusyn, 79 as German, 58 as Other, 48 as Polish, 35 as Hungarian, 27 as Russian, 20 as Ukrainian, 18 as Chinese, 14 as Vietnamese, 8 as Moravian, 7 as English, 5 as Croatian, 4 as Turkish, 4 as Italian, 4 as Canadian, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Austrian, 1 as Irish, 1 as Serbian and 1 as Romanian.

Note on populationThe difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	10,013	64.38%
None	2632	16.92%
Not found out	1335	8.58%
Evangelical Church	680	4.37%
Greek Catholic Church	527	3.39%
Total	15,552

In year 2021 was 15,552 people by religion 10,013 from Roman Catholic Church, 2632 from None, 1335 from Not found out, 680 from Evangelical Church, 527 from Greek Catholic Church, 66 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 63 from Ad hoc movements, 43 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 34 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 33 from Other, 26 from Buddhism, 24 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 14 from Baptists Church, 13 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 12 from Calvinist Church, 12 from Apostolic Church, 7 from United Methodist Church, 5 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 4 from Islam, 2 from Hinduism, 2 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1 from Jewish community, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 1 from Church of the Brethren and 1 from Bahá'i Community.

Other websites

• Official website (in Slovak)
• Official website Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in English)