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{{short description|Region of northeast Slovakia}}
{{For|the beer brand|Šariš (beer)}}

[[Image:Slovakia Saris.gif|thumb|right|250px|Location of Šariš within Slovakia]]
[[File:Bardejov-town center square.jpg|thumb|220px|Bardejov]]
'''Šariš''' is the traditional name of a region situated in northeastern [[Slovakia]]. It encompasses the territory of the former ([[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitatus]]) [[Sáros county]].

==History==
Šariš county was created in the 13th century from the ''comitatus Novi Castri'' (named after ''Novum Castrum'', today [[Abaújvár]]), which also included the territories of the later counties of [[Abaúj County|Abaúj]] and [[Heves County (former)|Heves]]. The county's territory was situated along [[Torysa (river)|Torysa]] and upper [[Topľa]] rivers. Its area was {{cvt|3,652|km2}} around 1910. The original seat of the county was [[Šariš Castle]] and since the 17th century, [[Prešov]].

==Geography==
Šariš region is one of the 21 Slovakia's [[List of tourism regions of Slovakia|official tourist regions]], however, it isn't an administrative region unlike its predecessor. Today, the region is mostly in the [[Prešov Region]], fully including [[Prešov District|Prešov]], [[Sabinov District|Sabinov]], and [[Bardejov District|Bardejov]] districts, and partly including [[Stará Ľubovňa District|Stará Ľubovňa]], [[Kežmarok District|Kežmarok]], [[Vranov nad Topľou District|Vranov nad Topľou]], [[Svidník District|Svidník]] and [[Stropkov District|Stropkov]] districts. A small part of the region is located in the [[Košice Region]], with [[Košice-okolie District|Košice-okolie]], and very small parts of [[Košice I]] and [[Gelnica District|Gelnica]] districts. Major towns in the region include [[Prešov]], [[Bardejov]] and [[Svidník]].

==External links==
* [https://slovakia.travel/en/region-of-saris Šariš region] at [http://www.slovakia.travel/intropage.aspx?l=2&ami=0&smi=0&p=99 Slovakia.travel]

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