Čechy (Slovakia)
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Nitriansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Nové Zámky | ||
| Region : | Podunajsko | ||
| Area : | 11.846 km² | ||
| Residents : | 308 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 26 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 162 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 941 32 ( Semerovo post office ) | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 36 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 2 ' N , 18 ° 22' E | ||
| License plate : | NZ | ||
| Kód obce : | 503118 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Jozef Baranovič | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Čechy č. 135 941 32 Semerovo |
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| Website: | www.obeccechy.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Čechy (until 1927 Slovak and "Čahovce"; Hungarian Komáromcsehi - until 1907 Csehi ) is a municipality in the west of Slovakia with 308 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) that the Nové Zámky District , a circle of Nitriansky kraj belongs.
geography
The municipality is located in the Slovakian Danube lowlands , more precisely in the southwest part of the Pohronská pahorkatina hills . The municipal area is slightly hilly with a height of 149 m nm to 287 m nm and covered by brown and black soils, with some remains of the deciduous forests around the village. The center of the village is at an altitude of 162 m nm and is 20 kilometers from Nové Zámky .
Neighboring municipalities are Veľké Lovce in the north, Dedinka in the northeast, Kolta in the east and Semerovo in the south and west.
history
According to archaeological research, there was settlement in the Neolithic Age. The municipality has been permanently settled since the 9th century; in the 12th and 13th centuries there was an agricultural settlement that belonged to the Gran chapter. The place was first mentioned in writing in 1419 as Felsewchey and refers to Hussite families who came from Bohemia and Moravia and settled next to the older settlement. At times there were two settlements called Horné Čechy and Malé Čechy ; the latter went under in the 17th century.
The village belonged to the lower nobility, more precisely to the families Csehi , Gyöpös and Nagyörvedi , in the 17th century Kürthy , Balogh and Megyery . Due to the ongoing Turkish wars in the 16th and 17th centuries, Čechy was largely depopulated and only repopulated after the end of the war. In 1715 there were eleven households, in 1787 there were 55 houses and 344 inhabitants and in 1828 58 houses and 431 inhabitants were employed in agriculture.
The place in Komárom County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1919 and then became part of Czechoslovakia . Due to the First Vienna Arbitration Award , he was again in Hungary from 1938 to 1945.
population
According to the 2011 census, there were 299 inhabitants in Čechy, including 278 Slovaks, 13 Magyars and one Czech; one resident was of a different ethnicity. Six residents made no statement. 194 residents supported the Roman Catholic Church, nine residents the Reformed Church, six residents the Jehovah's Witnesses and one resident of the Evangelical Church AB 76 residents were non-denominational and 13 residents had no denomination.
Results after the 2001 census (326 inhabitants):
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Buildings
- Roman Catholic Peter and Paul Church from 1735
Sons and daughters of the church
- Andor Jaross (1896–1946), Hungarian politician
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)