Veľká Paka
| Veľká Paka | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trnavský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Dunajská Streda | ||
| Region : | Podunajsko | ||
| Area : | 18.36 km² | ||
| Residents : | 963 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 52 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 125 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 930 51 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 31 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 2 ' N , 17 ° 24' E | ||
| License plate : | DS | ||
| Kód obce : | 501972 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Structure of the municipality: | 3 parts of the community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Ivan Seňan ml. | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Veľká Paka 189 93051 Veľká Paka |
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| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Veľká Paka (German Großkapeln , Hungarian Nagypaka ) is a municipality in southwestern Slovakia .
The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1205.
In addition to the main town, the municipality also includes the towns of Malá Paka (German Kleinkapeln , Hungarian Kispaka ) and Čukárska Paka (Hungarian Csukárpaka ) , which were incorporated in 1940 .
Veľká Paka in Pressburg County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . With the First Vienna Arbitration Award , the community briefly returned to Hungary from 1938 to 1945.
The majority of the inhabitants are Hungarians (55%), but Slovaks are also strongly represented in the municipality.
Web links
- Information about the place in Slovak ( Memento from September 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )