Svidník (Hungarian: Felsővízköz, German: Oberswidnik, Rusyn: Свідник, Ukrainian: Свидник) is a town in eastern Slovakia, the capital of the Svidník District in the Prešov Region. It has a population of around 11,000.

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Svidník
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Coordinates: 49°18′20″N 21°34′04″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Svidník
First mentioned	1330
Government
• Mayor	Marcela Ivančová
Area [1]
• Total	20.20 km2 (7.80 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	225[2] m (738[2] ft)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	9,909
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Population by ethnicity (2011) [4]
• Slovak	67.2%
• Rusyn	19.2%
• Roma	3.1%
• Ukrainian	2.0%
• Other	0.9%
• Unreported	7.6%
Population by religion (2011) [5]
• Greek Catholic	38.2%
• Orthodox	25.4%
• Roman Catholic	21.4%
• Lutheran	0.9%
• Jehovah's Witness	0.4%
• Other	0.4%
• Non-religious	4.8%
• Unreported	8.5%
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	089 01[2]
Area code	+421 54[2]
Car plate	SK
Website	www.svidnik.sk

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There is a monumental Soviet Army Memorial in the city, in memory of Battle of the Dukla Pass.

It is located in the Ondava Highlands, at the confluence of Ondava and Ladomírka rivers, located around 20 km (12.43 mi) from the Dukla Pass (Polish border) and around 55 km (34.18 mi) north-east of Prešov.

The town arose in 1944 by merger of two formerly independent municipalities of Nižný Svidník and Vyšný Svidník. The first written mention stems from 1355 as Scyuidnyk.

According to a 2001 census, the town had 12,428 inhabitants. 79.60% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 13.04% were Rusyns, 4.07% were Ukrainian, 1.50% were of Romani descent and 0.39% were Czechs.^[6] The religious make-up was 41.10% Greek Catholics, 25.82% Orthodox, 24.13% Roman Catholics, 5.17% people with no religious affiliation and 0.93% Lutherans.^[6]

Svidník is twinned with:^[7]