Janice () is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.
History On paper it is noticed in 1217 and in 1431 under the name Jeney. It consists of 2 parts - Čikovo (Czikóháza) and Janice. From the beginning it belonged to the yeoman's family of Jeney (local feudatories), then to the Fügeys and Széchys. The originally village burnt out in the 16th century and later it was established on present area. During travelling through Gemer, Matthias Corvinus came to a stop there supposedly, and according to that event, a part of the area „Čelo Mateja Korvína“ is named. It belonged to Hungary till Trianon
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 80% 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 Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"
Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1714-1897 (parish B)
See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20071027094149/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html http://www.janice.gemer.org Surnames of living people in Janice