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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Poltár
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| settlement_type          = Town
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| image_caption            = Turkish bridge in Poltár
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| subdivision_type2        = [[Regions of Slovakia|Region]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Banská Bystrica Region|Banská Bystrica]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Districts of Slovakia|District]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Poltár District|Poltár]]
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| coordinates              = {{coord|48|25|50|N|19|47|51|E|display=inline,title}}
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| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Peter Sitor
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| established_title        = First mentioned
| established_date         = 1246
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| area_footnotes           =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce |author=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) |date= |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
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| elevation_m              = 242<ref name="base_info">{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>
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| population_total         = 5187
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| postal_code              = 987 01<ref name="base_info"/>
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| area_code                = +421 47<ref name="base_info"/>
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| website                  = [https://www.poltar.sk www.poltar.sk]
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|area_note= ({{Tooltip|2022|2022-06-31/2022-07-01}})
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'''Poltár''' is a [[town]] and [[municipality]] in the [[Poltár District]] in the [[Banská Bystrica Region]] of [[Slovakia]].
==Geography==
The town is located in the Southern Slovak basin near the river [[Ipeľ]], south of the Revúcka Hills, which is part of the [[Slovak Ore Mountains]], around {{convert|18|km|2|abbr=on}} from [[Lučenec]].
==History==
There were historical Slavic remains of ancient housing, probably from the 7th century.
After that remains of small medieval castle are part  of Poltár's history, found in the general area and in the town part of Kostolisko (Literally meaning "Place of Church") there are remains of romancatholic church.
Poltár was first mentioned in 1246 as ''silva Polta''. Some other names are ''Nagpolthar, Felsupolthar, Kyspoltar, Varalyapolthar''  (1409) and ''Polthar'' (1439).
In the 16th century the town was divided into ''Horný Poltár''  and ''Dolný Poltár''. In the same general time, it was occupied by the Ottomans (between 1554 and 1593).
In the year 1828 there were only mere 83 houses and 56 citizens. In the same timeframe, the town of Poltár was very agricultural, which wasn't profitable for the town.
From 1869 and onwards, the factory of Barratt-Dragon was built, with its primary focus being the creation of bricks and tiles. Before the establishment of independent [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1918, Poltár was part of [[Nógrád County (former)|Nógrád County]] within the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the [[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovak Republic]].
From 1922, a steam sawmill was built, but burnt down fourteen years later in 1936.
The citizens of Poltár were also very active in the [[Slovak National Uprising]].
In the year 1966 Poltár joins the towns of Slaná lehota and Zelené, receiving the city privileges.
===Parts of Poltár===
'''Podháj''' - built during the late medieval era by the Sóós family. It was destroyed during the Ottoman occupation during 1554-1562. It was rebuilt around the 17th century, but only as a small village.
'''Prievrana''' - built during the late medieval era. It was destroyed during the multiple military actions in the area roughly around 1610. It was rebuilt in the 17th century, only as a small village.
Its other names (mainly Hungarian) were Prenna and Perenna.
'''Slaná Lehota''' - built in the second half of the 14th century. The town was owned by [[Fiľakovo]]. Between the years 1554-1593 it was occupied by the Ottomans. After that, in 1598 the Sóós family became the owners. In 17th and 18th century Geczy family became the owners.
In the year 1828 it had 23 houses and 130 citizens.
'''Zelené''' - Founded approximately in the 14th century. It was owned by many families during its history. It was occupied by the Ottomans in 1554-1593. In the year 1828 it had 28 houses and 274 citizens. The town helped the Slovak National Uprising movement.
==Demographics==
{{historical population|1970|3105|1980|5030|1991|5823|2001|6099|2011|5826|2021|5333|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/cd33d897-7314-41d0-a12b-a95e537d7a39/Statisticky_lexikon_obci_Slovenskej_republiky_2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy|language=sk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2021 - Population - Basic results|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/pocet-obyvatelov/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|date=2021-01-01}}</ref>}}According to the 2001 [[census]], the town had 6,099 inhabitants. 97.49% of inhabitants were [[Slovaks]], 0.95% [[Romani people|Roma]], 0.51% [[Hungarians]] and 0.41% [[Czech people|Czechs]].<ref name="statistics">{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | access-date = 2007-12-28 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-12-17}}</ref> The religious make-up was 50.14% [[Roman Catholics]], 22.89% people with no religious affiliation and 20.79% [[Lutherans]].<ref name="statistics"/>
==People==
* [[Ivan Gašparovič]], the former President of Slovakia was born here.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Poltár}}
* {{Official website}}
*[http://www.poltar.sk/ Municipal website] {{in lang|sk}}
{{Poltár District}}
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[[Category:Villages and municipalities in Poltár District]]
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