Ždaňa
| Ždaňa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Košický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Košice-okolie | ||
| Region : | Košice | ||
| Area : | 5.440 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,416 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 260 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 178 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 044 11 | ||
| Telephone code : | 055 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 36 ' N , 21 ° 21' E | ||
| License plate : | KS | ||
| Kód obce : | 522261 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Ján Kokarda | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Ždaňa 118 04411 Ždaňa |
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| Website: | www.zdana.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Ždaňa (until 1927 in Slovak "Ždáňa"; in Hungarian Hernádzsadány - until 1902 Zsadány ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia .
geography
The municipality is located at the foot of the Slanské vrchy mountains in Košická kotlina ( Kosice Basin ) on the Hornád , about 15 kilometers from Košice , near the border with Hungary .
history
The oldest surviving mention of the community, as Sudan , comes from 1222 .
In the 19th and 20th centuries , the place was the seat of a chair district administration within the Hungarian Abaúj-Torna county .
Until 1918 the community in Abaúj-Torna County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to the newly founded Czechoslovakia . Due to the First Vienna Arbitration , it briefly belonged back to Hungary from 1938 to 1945.