Závažná Poruba
Závažná Poruba (Hungarian: Németporuba) is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
History[edit]
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263.
The Slovak poet Milan Rufus was born in the village in 1928.[1]
Geography[edit]
The municipality lies at an altitude of 634 metres and covers an area of 18.664 km². It has a population of about 1231 people.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Poet Milan Rufus Dies in Bratislava" Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, article, January 11, website of TASR (News Agency of the Slovak Republic), retrieved same day
External links[edit]
49°04′N 19°39′E / 49.067°N 19.650°E