title: Smižany
text: # Smižany
  
  Smižany (Hungarian: Szepessümeg, German: Schmögen) is a large village and municipality in the Spišská Nová Ves District in the Košice Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
  
  ## History
  
  Excavations in Čingov, just south of the village, have found traces of Stone Age settlement. The village was settled by German settlers in 1242. There is a Romanesque church of the 13th century.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The village lies at an altitude of 485 metres and covers an area of 45.704 km². In 2011 had a population of 8698 inhabitants and is the largest municipality without a town status in Slovakia.
  
  ## Twin towns — sister cities
  
  Smižany is twinned with:
  
  * Borsodnádasd, Hungary
  * Kamienica, Poland
  * Komorniki, Poland
  