Bočiar

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Bočiar (Hungarian: Bocsárd) is a small village in eastern Slovakia, in the Košice-okolie District of the Košice Region. It was first mentioned in 1249. The village lies at 205 meters above sea level and covers an area of 0.47 square kilometers. As of 2024, about 242 people live there.

Ethnicity (2021): mostly Slovak, with some residents not specified and a small Romani group.
Religion (2021): mainly Roman Catholic (196 people), followed by those with no religion (24), Greek Catholic (10), Eastern Orthodox (2), Calvinist (5), and a few others (1) or not specified (11).

For genealogical research, records are available at the state archive in Košice, Slovakia.