Perín-Chym

Perín-Chym is a municipality (village) in eastern Slovakia near the town of Košice.

It arose in 1964 by a merger of the municipalities Perín (first written mention 1220; before 1927 called Perina) and Chym (first written mention 1294; also called Him in some periods in the past). The municipality Vyšný Lanec was merged with Perín-Chym in 1991.

The village Perín gave name to the Lords of Perín (Perényi), a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary, whose oldest known member Urban was granted the domain of Perín in 1292.

Today the municipality is well-known thanks to ponds and fishery.

Some of the historical names of "Perín"

• 1220 - Latin: villa Peruen
• 1295 - villa Perwen
• 1316 - Purwen
• 1317 - Peruen
• 1318 - Purun
• 1319 - Peren
• 1329 - Pirin
• 1330 - Purym
• 1336 - Perynä
• 1351 - Perueyn
• 1352 - Peren
• 1773 - Slovak: Perina; Hungarian: Perény
• 1808 - sk: Peříňa, Perýňa, hu: Perény

The name Peruen is derived from *Prven (Peruen), a Slavic name.

Statistics

• Mayor: Adriena Baranová
• Website: http://perin-chym.obecweb.sk
• Population: 1,496
• Region: Košice Region
• District: Košice-okolie District