Vieska, Dunajská Streda District

Vieska (literally: Little Village; Hungarian: "Kisfalud") is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Dunajská Streda District. According to the 2001 census, 391 Hungarian people and 30 Slovaks live in the village.

The village is situated in the south-west of the country on the Žitný ostrov (Hungarian Csallóköz) near the town of Dunajská Streda. It lies between Bratislava, Slovakia's capital, and Komárno.

Most houses in the village are one story homes with several generations living together. In the past (up to the mid-20th century), the inhabitants were farmers and lived from their gardens. However, during the Communist period, people worked in the local state-owned agricultural cooperative (called "JRD" in Czechoslovakia at that time). Today, many of the young people go abroad to find jobs missing in the village.

The village has a soccer team, which plays on the playground in the middle of the village. The team plays in the 5th south-west league, and competes with the neighbouring village of Orechová Potôň (Hungarian Dióspatony). Five hundred fans attend these matches.

Address

:Vieska 168:930 02 Orechová Potôň:Slovakia:mail:[e-mail]

Map

* [http://www.supernavigator.sk/navigator/profile_city.php?id=5309&lang=sk Vieska]

External links

*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html