Hviezdoslavov

Hviezdoslavov
Hviezdoslavfalva
village

Location of the village

Coordinates: 48°04′03″N 17°20′53″E / 48.06750°N 17.34806°E / 48.06750; 17.34806Coordinates: 48°04′03″N 17°20′53″E / 48.06750°N 17.34806°E / 48.06750; 17.34806
Country  Slovakia
Region Trnava
District Dunajská Streda
First written mention 1921
Named for Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav
Government
 • Mayor Ján Čepko[1][2] (SMER)
Area
 • Total 10.501 km2 (4.054 sq mi)
Elevation 126 m (413 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
 • Total 337
 • Estimate (2008) 476
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Ethnicity[3]
 • Hungarians 45,10 %
 • Slovakians 47,77 %
Time zone EET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code 930 41
Area code(s) +421 31
Website hviezdoslavov.firstreal.sk

Hviezdoslavov (Hungarian: Hviezdoslavfalva , Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈhviɛdoʃlɒvfɒlvɒ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 126 metres and covers an area of 10.540 km². It has a population of about 337 people.

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Hviezdoslavov became part of the Kingdom of Hungary.In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1921. It was fouunded in the same year as part of a colonisation program by which Slovak and Czech colonies were set up within the framework of official and private colonisation of areas with ethnic Hungarian majority.

Demography

Census 2011 : recorded population of the village 612 people. 406 people (66%) has slovaks, 86 people (14%) Hungarians and 120 (14%) others nationality.

Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 66.85% of the total population, while 19,29 per cent of the respondents did not belong to any denomination[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election results 2006
  2. ↑ Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
  3. 1 2 3 "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ".

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

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