Oľdza

Oľdza
Olgya
village

Location of the village

Coordinates: 48°05′10″N 17°25′15″E / 48.08611°N 17.42083°E / 48.08611; 17.42083Coordinates: 48°05′10″N 17°25′15″E / 48.08611°N 17.42083°E / 48.08611; 17.42083
Country  Slovakia
Region Trnava
District Dunajská Streda
First written mention 1239
Government[1][2]
  Mayor Tibor Mészáros (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)
Area
  Total 8.860 km2 (3.421 sq mi)
Elevation 123 m (404 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
  Total 258
  Estimate (2008) 344
  Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Ethnicity[3]
  Hungarians 93,80%
  Slovakians 5,43%
Time zone EET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code 930 39
Area code(s) +421 31

Oľdza (Hungarian: Olgya, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈolɟɒ]) 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 8.861 km².

History

The village was first recorded in 1239 as Olgia. 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 liberated 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 and occupied by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet liberation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 209, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 258 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 344. As of 2001, 93,80per cent of its population was Hungarian while 5,43 per cent was Slovakian. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 94.19% of the total population.[3]

References

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