Chmiňany

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Chmiňany
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Chmiňany (Slovakia)
Chmiňany
Chmiňany
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Prešov
Region : Šariš
Area : 7.526 km²
Residents : 1,002 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 133 inhabitants per km²
Height : 379  m nm
Postal code : 082 33 ( Chminianska Nová Ves post office )
Telephone code : 0 51
Geographic location : 49 ° 0 '  N , 21 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '3 "  N , 21 ° 4' 4"  E
License plate : PO
Kód obce : 524549
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Cyril Miškuf
Address: Obecný úrad Chmiňany
č. 39
082 33 Chminianska Nová Ves
Website: www.chminany.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Chmiňany (Hungarian Monyhád - until 1907 Mochnya ) is a municipality in the east of Slovakia with a population of 1,002 (December 31, 2019) in Prešov District , part of the kraj Prešovský and becomes the traditional landscape Šariš counted.

geography

View of the place

The village is located in the Šarišská vrchovina mountains in the valley of the Veľká Svinka river . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 378  m nm and is 13 kilometers from Prešov .

history

Chmiňany was first mentioned in writing as Mocnahac in 1330 . The village was then well developed with a parish and a mill and was part of the Svinia estate . After that there were different lords: in 1361 there were Augustinians of Hrabkov , in 1427 the Perényi family , in the 16th century Jesuits from Eperies and in the 17th century the city of Eperies itself. In 1789 there were 40 houses and 275 inhabitants, in 1828 33 houses and 253 inhabitants. They were farmers, carters and linen weavers.

Until 1918, the place in Sharosh County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia.

population

According to the 2011 census, Chmiňany had 867 inhabitants, of whom 783 were Slovaks and one Czech. 83 residents gave no answer. 705 residents committed to the Roman Catholic Church, 55 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, seven residents to the Greek Catholic Church, two residents to the Seventh-day Adventists and one resident each to the Orthodox, Reformed and Evangelical Methodist churches. Six residents had no denomination and the denomination of 89 residents has not been determined.

Results of the 2001 census (735 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 89.93% Slovaks
  • 9.25% Roma

By denomination:

  • 80.82% Roman Catholic
  • 8.30% Protestant
  • 3.13% no answer
  • 0.68% Greek Catholic

Buildings

church
  • Roman Catholic Michaelskirche, originally built in Gothic style in the 14th century, rebuilt in the 17th century in the Renaissance style and supplemented by the tower
See also:  List of listed objects in Chmiňany

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak)
  2. 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)

Web links

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