Kopernica (; ) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
Geography
Etymology The name comes from koper (Slovak koper, kôpor: dill) + -nica. "The land where the wild dill grows".
History The village belonged to a German language island, known as Hauerland. The German population was expelled in 1945.
In 1990, Poor Clares returned to the village and established a new monastery in the municipality.
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
Notabler personalities Jozef Pribilinec (born 1960), track and field athlete, racewalker
See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
External links Surnames of living people in Kopernica