Devičany
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Nitriansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Levice | ||
| Region : | Nitra | ||
| Area : | 29.875 km² | ||
| Residents : | 380 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 13 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 296 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 935 04 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 36 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 19 ' N , 18 ° 42' E | ||
| License plate : | LV | ||
| Kód obce : | 502162 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Structure of the municipality: | 2 cadastral communities | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Dana Lančaričová | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Devičany č. 166 935 04 Devičany |
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| Website: | www.devicany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Devičany (German Prandorf , Hungarian Baka ) is a municipality in the west of Slovakia with 380 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) that the Levice District , part of the Nitriansky kraj heard.
geography
The municipality is located in the Ipeľská pahorkatina hill country (part of the Slovak Danube hill country ) below the northern Schemnitz Mountains , on the Devičiansky potok brook in the Sikenica catchment area . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 296 m nm and is 16 kilometers from Levice .
Neighboring municipalities are Pukanec in the north, Bohunice in the east, Jabloňovce in the southeast, Bátovce and Drženice in the south, Nová Dedina in the southwest, Čajkov in the west and Tekovská Breznica in the northwest.
history
The present municipality was created in 1951 through the merger of the previously independent villages Dolné Devičany (until 1948 "Dolný Prandorf"; German Unterprandorf , Hungarian Alsóbaka - until 1892 Alsótótbaka ) and Horné Devičany (until 1948 "Horný Prandorf"; German Oberprandorf , Hungarian Felsőbaka - until 1892 Felsőtótbaka ), which still form the two cadastral parishes of the municipality.
The place was mentioned for the first time in 1075 in a document of the Hronský Beňadik Abbey as Baka . The main source of income has been agriculture since the beginning, but there was a mining tradition for centuries until around 1775, with the extraction of gold and silver ores.
Probably around the middle of the 16th century the village was named Prandorf and was later divided into Ober- and Unterprandorf.
Until 1918, the places in Hont County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia.
population
According to the 2011 census, 393 people lived in Devičany, including 379 Slovaks and one Czech . 13 residents did not provide any information on ethnicity .
251 residents committed themselves to the Evangelical Church AB, 71 residents to the Roman Catholic Church and one resident to the Orthodox Church. 45 residents had no denomination and the denomination of 25 residents was not determined.
Buildings
- Protestant church in baroque-classicist style from 1776
Individual evidence
- ↑ Slovenské slovníky: názvy obcí Slovenskej republiky (Majtán 1998)
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)