Janova Lehota (; ) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

Geography

History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1487 as a German settlement founded by a certain Drexler and belonging to Esztergom archbishopric. In 1776 it passed to Banská Bystrica bishopric.

Population

It has a population of  people (31 December ).

Ethnicity

Religion

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1687-1896 (parish A)

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.tourist-channel.sk/janova-lehota

https://web.archive.org/web/20070521072749/http://janovalehota.virtualne.sk/ http://www.janovalehota_zs.szm.sk/ Surnames of living people in Janova Lehota