Jarovnice

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1260.^[4]

Heavy rains on 20 July 1998 brought about the worst floods in Slovak history, changing otherwise quiet rivers in eastern Slovakia into a lethal force. The wild, overflowing water rushed from the river bed, sweeping over and engulfing everything in its path. The tragic results of these destructive floods were 63 dead, over 3,000 people evacuated from their homes, and two thousand houses destroyed in dozens of communities.^[5]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 422 metres (1,385 ft)^[2] and covers an area of 20.17 km² (7.79 sq mi) (2025).^[6]

It has a population of 8536 people (31 December 2025).^[8]

In year 2021 was 7241 people by ethnicity 6179 as Slovak, 5372 as Romani, 733 as Not found out, 10 as Hungarian, 9 as Rusyn, 7 as Czech, 6 as Other, 1 as Italian, 1 as Polish and 1 as English.

Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.

The vast majority of the municipality's population consists of the local Roma community. In 2019, they numbered 6900 and constituted an estimated 88% of the local population.^[11] The municipality has the largest Roma population in the country according to the 2021 census data as well.

In year 2021 was 7241 people by religion 6364 from Roman Catholic Church, 581 from Not found out, 121 from None, 115 from Apostolic Church, 30 from Greek Catholic Church, 13 from Evangelical Church, 7 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 5 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Ad hoc movements, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from New Apostolic Church and 1 from United Methodist Church.