Kurov is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.

History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1332.

Geography

Population

It has a population of  people (31 December ).

Ethnicity

A significant portion of the municipality's population consists of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 40% of the local population, concentrated in a settlement on the municipality's edge.Ábel Ravasz, Ľuboš Kovács and Filip Markovič, Atlas rómskych komunít 2019. Bratislava: Veda, 2020, , database appendix available at:https://www.institutmatejabela.sk/ark2019

Religion

Notable residents Mikuláš Mušinka (1936–2024), Slovak folklorist and Ukrainian studies specialist, art historian, literary critic and bibliographer of Ukrainian (Lemko) origin

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