Smižany
Village
Flag Coat of arms
Smižany Location of Smižany in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°57′20″N 20°31′45″E / 48.95556°N 20.52917°E / 48.95556; 20.52917
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice
District	Spišská Nová Ves
Area
• Total	45.70[2] km2 (17.64[2] sq mi)
Elevation	479[3] m (1,572[3] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	8,796[1]
Postal code	053 11[3]
Area code	+421 53[3]
Car plate	SN
Website	www.smizany.sk

Smižany (Hungarian: Szepessümeg, German: Schmögen) is a large village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.

With a population of over 8,500 people as of 2021, Smižany is the largest village in Slovakia (a village being defined as a municipality that does not have town status). Smižany is situated directly adjacent to the town of Spišská Nová Ves and the two municipalities form a contiguous urban area, one of the main population centers in Eastern Slovakia.

Excavations in Čingov, just south of the village, have found traces of Stone Age settlement. The village was settled by German settlers in 1242. There is a Romanesque church of the 13th century.

The village lies at an altitude of 485 metres and covers an area of 45.704 km². In 2011 had a population of 8698 inhabitants and is the largest municipality without a town status in Slovakia.

• Čingov castle, an archaeological site that encompasses a set of Slavic forts from the 9th century. Monuments found in the castle confirm the settlement was founded during the Stone Age. The name The castle was composed of an acropolis on the cliff and a smaller fort on the western and northeastern parts. During the examination of the main area under the castle, the northern rampart and 90 m of the western rampart were almost completely exposed. Archaeological excavations continue to be performed at this location.^[5]

Smižany is twinned with:^[6]

• Borsodnádasd, Hungary
• Kamienica, Poland
• Komorniki, Poland

• Municipal website (in Slovak)
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