Cigeľka

Cigeľka
Cigeľka
Location of Cigeľka in the Prešov Region
Cigeľka
Location of Cigeľka in Slovakia
Coordinates: 49°25′N 21°08′E / 49.41°N 21.13°E / 49.41; 21.13
Country Slovakia
Region Prešov Region
DistrictBardejov District
First mentioned1414
Area
  Total
15.98 km2 (6.17 sq mi)
Elevation
508 m (1,667 ft)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
607
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
860 2
Area code+421 54
Car plateBJ
Websitewww.obeccigelka.sk

Cigeľka is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia with Ruthenian and Roma inhabitants. It lies in the valley of Oľchovec below the Busov hill (1 002 meters above sea level) near the Slovakia-Poland border. There is a Greek Catholic church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in the year 1816, which served its first liturgy Presov later Bishop Paul Peter Gojdič.