Ihľany (, Goral: Majōrki, , ) is a village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia.
History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1307. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Ihľany was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 26 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Ihľany and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
Geography
See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
The vast majority of the municipality's population consists of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 75% 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
Religion
Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Levoca, Slovakia"
External links Surnames of living people in Ihlany