Kriváň (village)

Kriváň
Krivány
Kriváň
Location of Kriváň in the Banská Bystrica Region
Kriváň
Location of Kriváň in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°31′50″N 19°26′50″E / 48.53056°N 19.44722°E / 48.53056; 19.44722
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica Region
DistrictDetva District
First mentioned1955
Government
  MayorImrich Paľko
Area
  Total
9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Elevation
395 m (1,296 ft)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
1,732
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
962 04
Area code+421 45
Car plateDT
Websitewww.obeckrivan.sk

Kriváň (Hungarian: Krivány) is a village and municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It lies on the road track I/50, approximately in the halfway between Bratislava and Košice. The village had been established in 1955.