Oľdza

Oľdza Olgya
—  village  —
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°05′10″N 17°25′15″E / 48.08611°N 17.42083°E / 48.08611; 17.42083Coordinates: 48°05′10″N 17°25′15″E / 48.08611°N 17.42083°E / 48.08611; 17.42083
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1239
Government[1][2]
– Mayor	Tibor Mészáros (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)
Area
– Total	8.860 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
– Total	258
– Estimate (2008)	344
– Density	39/km2 (101/sq mi)
Etnicity[3]
– Hungarians	93,80 %
– Slovakians	5,43 %
Time zone	EET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code	930 39
Area code(s)	+421 31

Oľdza (Hungarian: Olgya, Hungarian pronunciation:[’olɟɒ]) 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 126 metres and covers an area of 8.861 km².

History

The village was first recorded in 1239 as Olgia. 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.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 209, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 258 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 344. As of 2001, 93,80per cent of its population was Hungarian while 5,43 per cent was Slovakian. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 94.19% of the total population.^[3]

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.