Vlčany
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Nitriansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Aľa | ||
| Region : | Dolné Považie | ||
| Area : | 39.763 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3,220 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 81 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 111 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 925 84 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 31 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 2 ' N , 17 ° 57' E | ||
| License plate : | SA | ||
| Kód obce : | 504165 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | János Restár | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Vlčany Hlavná 1 925 84 Vlčany |
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| Website: | obecvlcany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Vlčany (Slovak until 1948 "Farkašd"; Hungarian Vágfarkasd - until 1907 Farkasd ) is a municipality in western Slovakia .
location
It is located in the Danube lowlands on the bank of the Váh about 15 km south of Šaľa .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1113 as Forcas . There are two churches in the village: a Reformed church from 1785 and a Catholic one from 1807.
Until 1918 the place in Neutra County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary , then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia, but became part of Hungary again due to the First Vienna Arbitration from 1938 to 1945 . Since 1993 it has been part of today's Slovakia.
The place, inhabited by a large majority of Hungarians (2001: 73 percent of the population), had the Slovak name "Farkašd" until 1948, which was changed to the Slovak equivalent "Vlčany" ( German wolf ) because of its close linguistic proximity to the Hungarian word Farkas (German wolf ) Vlk = wolf ) renamed.
