| Štvrtok na Ostrove Csütörtök |
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| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Trnava |
| District | Dunajská Streda |
| First written mention | 1217 |
| Named for | Thursday |
| Government[1] | |
| • Mayor | Péter Őry (Party of the Hungarian Coalition) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.066 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 128 m (420 ft) |
| Population (2001)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,679 |
| • Estimate (2008) | 1,751 |
| • Density | 134/km2 (347.1/sq mi) |
| Etnicity[2] | |
| • Hungarians | 82,85 % |
| • Slovakians | 12,33 % |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal Code | 930 40 |
| Area code(s) | +421 31 |
| Website | Municipality website (Hungarian)(Slovak) |
Štvrtok na Ostrove (Hungarian: Csütörtök or Csallóközcsütörtök, Hungarian pronunciation:[’tʃytørtøk]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
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The village is in the Danubian Lowland and is in the western part of Žitný ostrov (Csallóköz). The municipality lies at an altitude of 128 metres and covers an area of 13.066 km².
In 1910, the village had 1228, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants.
At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 1679 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 1751. As of 2001, 82,85 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 12,33 per cent was Slovakian.
As of 2001, 93,81% of the inhabitants professed Roman Catholicism.[2]
The earliest extant document referring to the village dates back to 1217, when it was called by it Hungarian name as Villa Ceturthuc.
In the thirteenth century German settlers arrived to the village called in German as Loipersdorf. The village enjoyed Royal privilege to collect tolls and in the fifteenth century it gained the status of a town and had the right to hold markets and develop crafts and trades. Today Štvrtok na Ostrove is basically agricultural.
Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovakian troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.
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