Dolné Plachtince Alsópalojta
Municipality
St. Martin's Church
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Coordinates: 48°12′N 19°19′E / 48.20°N 19.32°E / 48.20; 19.32
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Veľký Krtíš District
First mentioned	1337
Area [1]
• Total	9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	203 m (666 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	602
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	991 24[2]
Area code	+421 47[2]
Car plate	VK
Website	www.dolneplachtince.sk/wp/

Dolné Plachtince (Hungarian: Alsópalojta) is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1337 (Palahta Inferior). It belonged to nobles Dacsoy, Lukay and Simonfy. In 1776 it passed to ecclesiastical Rožňava’s Capitol.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1689-1900 (parish A)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1712-1936 (parish B)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

• Media related to Dolné Plachtince at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolneplachtince/dolne-plachtince.html
• Surnames of living people in Dolne Plachtince