Kesovce () is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. According to Slovakia 2021 census, more than 75% of inhabitants belong to Romani ethnic group.
Geography
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
The vast majority of the local population consists of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 95% of the local population.Ábel Ravasz, Ľuboš Kovács and Filip Markovič, Atlas rómskych komunít 2019. Bratislava: Veda, 2020, , database appendix available at: https://www.institutmatejabela.sk/ark2019 This is a Hungarian-speaking community, with 90% reporting this language as their mother tongue in the 2021 census.
Religion
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"
Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1769–1896 (parish B) Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1730–1895 (parish B) Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1778–1899 (parish A)
See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
External links Area data Surnames of living people in Kesovce