Veľká Paka

Veľká Paka Nagypaka
—  village  —
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°02′30″N 17°24′30″E / 48.04167°N 17.40833°E / 48.04167; 17.40833Coordinates: 48°02′30″N 17°24′30″E / 48.04167°N 17.40833°E / 48.04167; 17.40833
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1205
Government[1][2]
– Mayor	Alexander Hunka (SDKÚ-DS, Party of the Hungarian Coalition)
Area
– Total	18.355 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
– Total	676
– Estimate (2008)	811
– Density	44/km2 (114/sq mi)
Etnicity[3]
– Hungarians	55,62 %
– Slovakians	42,31 %
Time zone	EET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code	930 51
Area code(s)	+421 31

Veľká Paka (Hungarian: Nagypaka, Hungarian pronunciation:[’nɒɟpɒkɒ], meaning ”Marketroad”) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Component villages

In Slovakian	In Hungarian
Veľká Paka	Nagypaka
Čukárska Paka	Csukárpaka
Malá Paka	Kispaka

History

The village was first recorded in 1205 as Paka. 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. The present-day municipality was formed in 1940 by unifying the three component villages. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Sepulchral artefacts were found in Velka Paka from the bronze age.

Landmarks

• The village has a modern cultural house and a motel.
• An important sacral historical building is the Roman Catholic St. Ladislaus church from 1317 to 1678.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 322, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 676 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 811. As of 2001, 55,62 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 42,31 per cent was Slovakian. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 74.26% of the total population. ^[3]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 123 metres and covers an area of 18.356 km².

Sports

The village has a football club, named Druzstievnik F.C. Velka Pak which has an A team and a Junior Team. The A team is in the 2. league of the western-Slovakian football Association (ZSFZ). The Junior team is in the 3 class in the ZSFZ The junior team is full of talents: Top Scorers In The Year 2008/2009

• 1. Csivre Adam 18. Goals /14 match.
• 2. Penzes Attila 12.Goals /13 match.
• 3. Duhaj Tamás 11 Goals/7 match
• 4. Gasparik Tamas 10 Goals/15 match
• 5. Rences Balanit 3 Goals/12 match

Top " Goal Keepers

• 1. Makki Dávid 14 Saves/5 match. (7 Goals)
• 2. Szalay János 4 Saves /7 match (11 Goals)
• 3. Andrásy David 2 Saves/5 match. (16 Goals)
• 4. Kiss Zsolt 0 Saves/3 match. (5 Goals)

Current Squad: Goalkeepers (1):

• Makki Dávid: 235 Min
• Szalay János: 578 Min
• Andrasy Dávid: 367 Min

Defenfenders:

• 2. Horvath László 576 Min
• 3.Duhaj Tamás 'C' 599 Min
• 4.Szabó Sándor 492 Min
• 5. Svitek Adam 280 Min
• 6. Rences Bálint 678 Min

Midfielders:

• 7. Penzes Attila 685 Min
• 10. Milnak Daniel 559 Min
• 11. Sipos Dávid 179 Min
• 13. Valacsky Mihal 22 Min

Attackers:

• 8. Csivre Adam 691 Min
• 9. Gasparik Tamás 589 Min

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. 

External links

• OpenStreetMap
• Pension with pond.
• Local news selection at www.parameter.hu (Hungarian)