Holiare

Holiare (until 1948 "Gellér" in Slovak; Gellér in Hungarian ) is a municipality in southwest Slovakia with 483 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in Okres Komárno , part of the Nitriansky kraj .

geography

Church in Holiare

The community is located in the Danube lowlands on the Great Schüttinsel . The center of the village is at an altitude of 112 m nm and is seven kilometers from Veľký Meder and 27 kilometers from Komárno .

history

Holiare was first mentioned as Guller in 1257 . In the 15th century, what was originally a single place was divided into two places with the former names Felsewgyeleer and Alsogyeleer (both 1449). In 1828 there were 39 houses and 261 inhabitants in Felsőgellér, 20 houses and 71 inhabitants in Alsógeller. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918 , the area was occupied by Czechoslovak troops. Later, by the Treaty of Trianon, the area was completely transferred to Czechoslovakia. After the First Vienna Arbitration , Holiare fell back into Hungarian hands in 1938–1945. In 1940 the two places that were then called Felsőgellér (Slov. Horný Gellér ) and Alsógellér (Slov. Dolný Gellér ) were reunited.

From 1971 to 1994 the village was part of the Bodza municipality .

Residents

According to the 2011 census, 468 people lived in Holiare, 421 of them Magyars and 14 Slovaks. 33 residents did not provide any information. 259 residents committed themselves to the Reformed Church, 94 residents to the Roman Catholic Church, three residents to the Evangelistic Church and one resident each to the Greek Catholic Church and the Evangelical Methodist Church; 1 resident was of a different denomination. 71 residents were non-denominational and 38 residents had no denomination.

Results of the 2001 census (424 inhabitants):

By ethnicity: