Svätý Peter
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Nitriansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Komarno | ||
| Region : | Podunajsko | ||
| Area : | 34.327 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,782 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 81 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 138 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 946 57 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 36 | ||
| Geographic location : | 47 ° 51 ' N , 18 ° 16' E | ||
| License plate : | KN | ||
| Kód obce : | 501115 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Jozef Jobbágy | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Svätý Peter Hlavná 2 946 57 Svätý Peter |
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Svätý Peter (Slovak 1961–1990 "Dolný Peter"; German Sankt Peter , Hungarian Komáromszentpéter ) is a place and a municipality in the Okres Komárno of Nitriansky kraj in southwest Slovakia . As of December 31, 2019, there were 2782 residents.
geography
The municipality is located in the hilly part of the Slovak Danube lowlands , eight kilometers from Hurbanovo and 15 kilometers from Komárno . In the surrounding hills there are some black locust forests . T. viticulture created. Furthermore, the alluvial soils offer a fertile basis for agriculture.
history
The oldest archaeological finds date back to the Bronze Age, along with some Celtic tombs. The current place was first mentioned in writing in 1332 as Sanctus Petrus and belonged to the Komorn Castle. The place got its name after the church and parish, which was dedicated to Saint Peter. The place was devastated during the Turkish Wars and then hit by an earthquake in 1763. There was a distillery in the 19th century and a brickworks at the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to agriculture, the population was busy with pottery and fruit growing.
The place in Komorn County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1919 and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . 1938-1945 he was again part of Hungary due to the First Vienna Arbitration . After 1945 some Hungarian residents were resettled in the hitherto almost entirely Magyar village and Slovaks from Hungary, Yugoslavia and Romania moved to the village. In 2001 the municipality had a Magyar majority (73.6%) and a Slovak minority (25.8%).
1961–1990 the place was known as Dolný Peter , because the attribute "svätý" (= holy) was undesirable in communist Czechoslovakia.
