Medveďov

Medveďov Medve
—  village  —
Location of the village
Coordinates: 47°47′50″N 17°39′30″E / 47.79722°N 17.65833°E / 47.79722; 17.65833Coordinates: 47°47′50″N 17°39′30″E / 47.79722°N 17.65833°E / 47.79722; 17.65833
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1252
Named for	Bear
Government[1][2]
– Mayor	László Morva (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)
Area
– Total	10.388 km2 (4 sq mi)
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
– Total	583
– Estimate (2008)	574
– Density	55/km2 (142.4/sq mi)
Etnicity[3]
– Hungarians	87,31 %
– Slovakians	11,15 %
Time zone	EET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code	930 07
Area code(s)	+421 31
Website	Official website

Medveďov (Hungarian: Medve, Hungarian pronunciation:[’mɛdvɛ]) is a border village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

The name of the village was first mentioned in 1252 as Willa Medwe castri Posoniensis (Medve village of the Pozsony Castle). Until the end of World War I, the village was part of Hungary and fell within the Tószigetcsilizköz district of Győr 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. The village suffered a major flood in 1895, 1956 and on 17 June 1965.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 781, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 583 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 574. As of 2001, 87,31 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 11,15 per cent was Slovakian.

Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 83.36% of the total population.^[3]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 111 metres and covers an area of 10.388 km². The village lies near the border with Hungary, near the Danube.

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/mosmis/eng/run.html.