Slatvina

Slatvina is a village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia. It has a population of 334 inhabitants as of 2017.
History.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1246 as a "zek" and was originally a place of border guards of the emerging Hungarian state. Therefore, the local nobles wore the title "de Szék". It was not until 1525 that the Slavic name form emerged as "Szlatwin". Before that year, the village was owned by the "Zsigray" family, after which it came under the dominion of the Spiš Castle and thus under landlords such as "Zápolya" , "Thurzo" and "Csáky". In 1828 there were 29 houses and 218 inhabitants whose main source of income was agriculture.
Geography.
The village lies at an altitude of 479 metres and covers an area of 4.408 km².
It has a population of about 305 people.