- Perín-Chym
Perín-Chym is a
municipality (village) in easternSlovakia near the town ofKošice .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 theKingdom of Hungary , whose oldest known member Urban was granted the domain of Perín in 1292.Today the municipality is well-known thanks to
pond s andfishery .ome 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: PerényThe name Peruen is derived from *Prven (Peruen), a Slavic name.
tatistics
* Mayor: Imrich Kovács
* Population: 1,496
* Region:Košice Region
* District:Košice-okolie District
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