Čakany

Čakany
Pozsonycsákány
village

Location of the village

Coordinates: 48°07′00″N 17°21′40″E / 48.11667°N 17.36111°E / 48.11667; 17.36111Coordinates: 48°07′00″N 17°21′40″E / 48.11667°N 17.36111°E / 48.11667; 17.36111
Country  Slovakia
Region Trnava
District Dunajská Streda
First written mention 1254
Named for Csákány means pickaxe, Pozsony means Pressburg
Government
 • Mayor Lívia Bugár[1]
Area
 • Total 11.18 km2 (4.32 sq mi)
Elevation 125 m (410 ft)
Population (2001)[2]
 • Total 561
 • Estimate (2008) 584
 • Density 50/km2 (100/sq mi)
Ethnicity[2]
 • Hungarians 86,27%
 • Slovakians 10,70
Time zone EET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code 930 40
Area code(s) +421 31

Čakany (Hungarian: Pozsonycsákány, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈpoʒoɲtʃaːkaːɲ], "Pozsony" meaning "Pressburg", "csákány" meaning "pickaxe") is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Čakany became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Čakany once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
  2. 1 2 Institute of Informatics and Statistics "Institute of Informatics and Statistics" Check |url= value (help).

Genealogical resources

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

External links


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