| Hviezdoslavov Hviezdoslavfalva |
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| 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 (4.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population (2001)[3] | |
| • Total | 337 |
| • Estimate (2008) | 476 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (116.5/sq mi) |
| Etnicity[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 | Village website |
Hviezdoslavov (Hungarian: Hviezdoslavfalva , Hungarian pronunciation:[’hviɛdoʃlɒvfɒlvɒ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
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At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 337 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 476. As of 2001, 45,10 per cent of its population was Hungarians, while 47,77 per cent was Slovakian.
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]
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.
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.
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