 It is located in the Slovenské rudohorie mountains, in the Rimava river valley near Rimavská Sobota.According to the 2001 census, 93.12% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 3.36% Roma, 1.07% Hungarians and 0.40% Czechs.The religious make-up was 36.40% Roman Catholics, 21.62% Lutherans and 35.44% people with no religious affiliation.