Marcelová
| Marcelová | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Nitriansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Komarno | ||
| Region : | Podunajsko | ||
| Area : | 35.750 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3,714 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 104 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 112 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 946 32 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 36 | ||
| Geographic location : | 47 ° 47 ' N , 18 ° 17' E | ||
| License plate : | KN | ||
| Kód obce : | 501239 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Structure of the municipality: | 2 districts | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Ervin Varga | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Marcelová Nám. Slobody 1199 94632 Marcelová |
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| Website: | www.marcelova.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Marcelová (1945 to 1948 Slovak Marcelove Kesy ; Hungarian Marcelháza - in the period 1942-1948 Marcelkeszi ) is a municipality in southwest Slovakia .
The place lies in the Danube lowlands and is 16 km east of Komárno . With almost 3900 inhabitants, it is the second largest (rural) municipality in the Okres Komárno after Nesvady . The population is made up of 88.5% Magyars, 9.9% Slovaks and 1.5% Roma.
The area of today's municipality was settled as early as the Iron Age. There were also various finds from the Bronze Age , the time of the Great Migration and the invasion of Hungarian tribes. The place was first mentioned as Nagkezeu in 1353 . Until 1919 it belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary in Komorn County , after which it came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . 1938–1945 it was again part of Hungary due to the First Vienna Arbitration , in 1942 the place was enlarged by merging with Krátke Kosihy ( Hungarian Kurtakeszi ) and received the new Hungarian name Marcelkeszi , from 1945 to 1948 then in Slovak according to Marcelove Kesy . As early as 1926, parts of the municipality were spun off and added to the municipality of Šrobárová , and in 1956 further municipal areas were allocated to the municipality of Patince .
The community is divided into the districts Marcelová and Krátke Kosihy .
