Baloň

Baloň
Balony
village

Location of the village

Coordinates: 47°50′00″N 17°40′00″E / 47.83333°N 17.66667°E / 47.83333; 17.66667Coordinates: 47°50′00″N 17°40′00″E / 47.83333°N 17.66667°E / 47.83333; 17.66667
Country  Slovakia
Region Trnava
District Dunajská Streda
First written mention 1252
Government
 • Mayor Frigyes Matus[1][2] (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)
Area
 • Total 16.07 km2 (6.20 sq mi)
Elevation 111 m (364 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
 • Total 735
 • Estimate (2008) 756
 • Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Ethnicity[3]
 • Hungarians 94,01%
 • Slovakians 5,31%
Time zone EET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code 930 08
Area code(s) +421 31

Baloň (Hungarian: Balony, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈbɒloɲ]) 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 111 metres (364 ft) and covers an area of 16.073 km2 (6.206 sq mi). It has a population of about 756 people.

History

In the late of 9th century, the territory of Baloň became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1252. It was part of Győr County. 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 Baloň 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.

Genealogical resources

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election results 2006
  2. ↑ Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "Institute of Informatics and Statistics Election results 2006". Archived from Institute of Informatics and Statistics the original Check |url= value (help) on February 26, 2011.
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