Michaľany

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Michaľany
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Michaľany (Slovakia)
Michaľany
Michaľany
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Košický kraj
Okres : Trebišov
Region : Dolný Zemplín
Area : 8.152 km²
Residents : 1,905 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 234 inhabitants per km²
Height : 130  m nm
Postal code : 076 14
Telephone code : 0 56
Geographic location : 48 ° 30 '  N , 21 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '20 "  N , 21 ° 36' 50"  E
License plate : TV
Kód obce : 528587
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Zoltan Tarbaj
Address: Obecný úrad Michaľany
Hlavná 108
07614 Michaľany
Website: www.michalany.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Michaľany (Slovak until 1927 also "Mihaľany"; Hungarian Alsómihályi - until 1902 Mihályi ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia .

location

It is located in the south-eastern part of the Eastern Slovakia lowlands on the banks of the Roňava brook . The closest larger cities are the district town Trebišov (16 km away) and Košice (45 km away).

history

The place was first mentioned in 1252. Until 1919 he belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary in Semplin County . Then he came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . Due to the First Vienna Arbitration , it belonged again to Hungary from 1938 to 1945 and has been part of today's Slovakia since 1993.

Since 1871 the place has been connected to the railway network, see the Michaľany – Medzilaborce mesto – Łupków railway line .