Čakany

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Čakany
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Čakany (Slovakia)
Čakany
Čakany
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Trnavský kraj
Okres : Dunajská Streda
Region : Podunajsko
Area : 11.186 km²
Residents : 646 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 58 inhabitants per km²
Height : 126  m nm
Postal code : 930 40 (post office Štvrtok na Ostrove )
Telephone code : 031
Geographic location : 48 ° 7 '  N , 17 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 '57 "  N , 17 ° 21' 42"  E
License plate : DS
Kód obce : 501514
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Lívia Bugárová
Address: Obecný úrad Čakany
Hlavná 115
93040 Štvrtok na Ostrove
Website: www.cakany.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Čakany (until 1927 in Slovak "Knitteldorf" / "Kleiterdorf"; German Knitteldorf , Hungarian Pozsonycsákány - until 1907 Csákány ) is a municipality in Okres Dunajská Streda in western Slovakia . It belongs to the Trnavský kraj regional association .

The place was first mentioned in writing as Chakan in 1254 . Until 1918 the place was part of the Kingdom of Hungary , after which it belonged to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . However, due to the First Vienna Arbitration Award , he came back to Hungary from 1938 to 1945.

Older German-language forms of name are Kleitendorf, Kleiterdorf, Knittelsdorf, Schakkensdorf.

Culture

See also:  List of listed objects in Čakany

Web links

Commons : Čakany  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files