Vrakuňa

Geobox | settlement
name = Vrakuňa
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category = Borough
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country = Slovakia
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state =
region = Bratislava
district = Bratislava II
municipality =
part =
river = Little Danube
location =
elevation = 130
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 09
lat_s = 00
lat_NS = N
long_d = 17
long_m = 13
long_s = 00
long_EW = E
coordinates_type = region:SK_type:city
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area = 10.297
area_round = 3
population = 18996
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
established = 1279
established_type = First mentioned
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postal_code = 82704
area_code = 421-02
code = BA
code_type = Car plate
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map_background = Slovakia - background map.pngmap_caption = Location of Vrakuňa in Slovakia
map_locator = Slovakia
website = [http://www.bratislava-vrakuna.sk/ www.bratislava-vrakuna.sk]
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footnotes =Source [ [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Mestská a obecná štatistika SR ] ]

Vrakuňa ( _de. Fragendorf, _hu. Vereknye) is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. It is divided by into two parts by the Little Danube river.

History

The first written mention of Vrakuňa was in 1279 as a village named "Verekne", which was its name until 1948, when it was renamed to the current name. It became an official borough of Bratislava on January 1 1972.

Vrakuňa is divided into three unofficial local parts: "Dolné hony", "Ketelec" and "Lieskovec".

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