Veľká Ida
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Košický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Košice-okolie | ||
| Region : | Košice | ||
| Area : | 31.007 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3,867 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 125 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 210 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 044 55 | ||
| Telephone code : | 055 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 36 ' N , 21 ° 10' E | ||
| License plate : | KS | ||
| Kód obce : | 522147 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Structure of the municipality: | 2 parts of the community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Peter Nagy | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Veľká Ida 42 04455 Veľká Ida |
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| Website: | www.velkaida.ocu.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Veľká Ida (Hungarian Nagyida ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia with 3867 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).
location
It is located in the Košická kotlina basin on the Ida river , on the border with the city of Košice ( Šaca district ; the center is 15 km away). The place has a train station on the Zvolen – Košice railway line .
The environment is negatively influenced by the adjacent steelworks U.S Steel Košice .
In addition to the main town, the town of Gomboš ( Gombospuszta in Hungarian ) also belongs to the municipality .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1251. In the Middle Ages, the village had a castle (so-called Gypsy Castle), which was built between 1411 and 1414 as a fortress against the Hussites . In 1557 the castle was destroyed.
The community in Abaúj-Torna County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1919 , after which it 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.
population
Results after the 2001 census (2808 inhabitants):
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Attractions
- Baroque Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin from the 14th century
- Reformed Church from 1799
- Country castle from the 2nd half of the 17th century, originally in the Renaissance-Baroque style, today in the Classicist style
- Classicist country palace from 1824
- Chapel in the Gomboš district, built in 2005
