Rohovce

Rohovce Nagyszarva
—  village  —
Location of the village
Coordinates: 47°59′50″N 17°24′30″E / 47.99722°N 17.40833°E / 47.99722; 17.40833Coordinates: 47°59′50″N 17°24′30″E / 47.99722°N 17.40833°E / 47.99722; 17.40833
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1250
Named for	Big Horn (Hungarian)
Government[1][2]
– Mayor	Jenő Horváth (Ind.)
Area
– Total	16.145 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
– Total	1,037
– Estimate (2008)	1,128
– Density	70/km2 (181.3/sq mi)
Etnicity[3]
– Hungarians	87,66 %
– Slovakians	11,57 %
Time zone	EET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code	930 30
Area code(s)	+421 31
Website	Official website (Hungarian) (Slovak)

Rohovce (Hungarian: Nagyszarva , Hungarian pronunciation:[’nɒɟsɒrvɒ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

The village was first recorded in 1250 as Zerva. 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 occupied 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 by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947. It Slovakian name first became Velka Sarva, which was changed by the authorities to the current official name in 1948.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 448, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 1037 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 1128. As of 2001, 87,66 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 11,57 per cent was Slovakian. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 86.50% of the total population.^[3]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 123 metres and covers an area of 16.145 km².

References

1. ^ Local election results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, December 2006
2. ^ Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ". http://app.statistics.sk/oso_2006/angl/obvod/results/tab10.jsp?sr=2&obvod=201. 

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