Babiná (; ) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia

Geography

History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1254. In 1270 German colonists settled here. It belonged to Dobrá Niva. in the 16th century it had to pay tributes to Turks. In the 17th century, it belonged to the Esterházy family. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Babiná was part of Zólyom County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica ().

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1731-1896 (parish A) Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1791-1895 (parish A) Census records 1869 of Babina are not available at the state archive.

Population

It has a population of  people (31 December ).

Ethnicity

Religion

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 http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/babina/babina.html Surnames of living people in Babina