Bogliarka (, ) is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.
History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1454.
In 1787 the settlement had 25 houses and 225 inhabitants; in 1828 there were 60 houses and 441 inhabitants, who were employed as ash burners, charcoal burners, farmers, sheep and goat keepers, weavers, and forest workers. The vast forests were the property of Count Anhalt in the 19th century.
Until 1918, the village, which lay in Sáros County, belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, and afterwards became part of Czechoslovakia, and today Slovakia. During the First Czechoslovak Republic, the inhabitants worked as basket makers, farmers, and forest workers. After the Second World War, part of the population commuted to work in industrial enterprises, for example in Košice; the local Unified Agricultural Cooperative (abbreviated JRD) was founded in 1959.
Geography
The municipality is located in the northern part of the Čergov Mountains, in the valley of the Slatvinec (also Solotvinec) stream, within the Topľa River basin. The village center lies at an elevation of 443 meters above sea level and is situated 17 kilometers from Bardejov by road.
The neighbouring municipalities are Krivé to the north, Richvald to the east and southeast, Kríže to the south, Lukov to the west, and Kružlov to the northwest.
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
Facilities The village has a public library and a football pitch.
See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Surnames of living people in Bogliarka