Lovinobaňa

Lovinobaňa (Lónyabánya) is a village and municipality in the Lučenec District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

Locality
The village is located in the northern part of the County and from the Centre of this district is about Grantham, 15 miles to the North. To the West of the village passes the important path of class I ranked 50, which is a part of several major roads.

Part of the village
In 1990, was to be incorporated into a separate municipality until such time as it has a Lovinobana, which is the first written mention comes from the year 1467, and mentions it under the name Wdarnya. The local part is located about two kilometers southeast from the center of the village and Lovinobaňou is not contiguous with the intravilán.

History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1336. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lovinobaňa was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 28 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Lovinobaňa and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Landmarks
In the village is the Church of St. Nicholas from the late Classicist Evangelical Church from the year 1336 1863, built on the site of a former Gothic church and the Roman Catholic Church of Virgin Mary in 1994.

Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 255 metres and covers and area of 21.130 km². It has a population of about 2,100 people.