Prešov (svk)

Prešov

Prešov ranks 2,379th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Blumenau, Villingen-Schwenningen, and Ružomberok. Memorable people born in Prešov include Pál Maléter, Ladislav Pavlovič, and Andrei Glanzmann. Memorable people who died in Prešov include Alexander Dukhnovych, Antun Vrančić, and Ladislav Pavlovič. Prešov has been the birth place of many soccer players, and military personnels and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Prešov is located in Slovakia.

Prešov is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total about 100,000 with the metropolitan area, it is the third-largest city in Slovakia. It belongs to the Košice-Prešov agglomeration and is the natural cultural, economic, transport and administrative center of the Šariš region. It lends its name to the Eperjes-Tokaj Hill-Chain which was considered as the geographic entity on the first map of Hungary from 1528. There are many tourist attractions in Prešov such as castles, pools and the old town. Read more on Wikipedia