Voľa

Voľa (Hungarian: Laborcfalva) is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1357.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 126 metres (413 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 5.78 km² (2.23 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

Voľa neighbours Nacina Ves to the south and the town of Strážske to the north. To the west of the main village lies the small hamlet of Vybuchanec, the only other settled place in the Voľa municipality.

Voľa lies on the main road and near the main railway line between Michalovce and Humenné.

The village is serviced by regular bus lines on the main road. The nearest large train station is in Strážske and a smaller one in Nacina Ves.

It has a population of 271 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 261 people by ethnicity 243 as Slovak, 10 as Not found out, 3 as Ukrainian, 3 as Italian, 3 as Rusyn, 3 as Other, 1 as Czech and 1 as Polish.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 261 people by religion 124 from Greek Catholic Church, 101 from Roman Catholic Church, 18 from None, 10 from Not found out, 6 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Other and 1 from Ad hoc movements.