Zlatná na Ostrove

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Zlatná na Ostrove
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Zlatná na Ostrove (Slovakia)
Zlatná na Ostrove
Zlatná na Ostrove
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Nitriansky kraj
Okres : Komarno
Region : Podunajsko
Area : 35.310 km²
Residents : 2,364 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 67 inhabitants per km²
Height : 120  m nm
Postal code : 946 12
Telephone code : 0 36
Geographic location : 47 ° 46 '  N , 17 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 46 '14 "  N , 17 ° 58' 17"  E
License plate : KN
Kód obce : 501425
structure
Community type : local community
Structure of the municipality: 3 parts of the community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Eva Varjúová
Address: Obecný úrad Zlatná na Ostrove
Školská 184
946 12 Zlatná na Ostrove
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Zlatná na Ostrove (German Golddorf , Hungarian Csallóközaranyos - until 1907 Aranyos ) is a place and a municipality in the Okres Komárno of the Nitriansky kraj in southwest Slovakia , with 2364 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) .

geography

Catholic church in town

The municipality is located in the south- eastern part of the Great Schüttinsel , a river island of the Danube , which flows immediately south and forms the state border between Slovakia and Hungary. This makes it part of the Slovakian Danube lowlands . In addition to the mainland, the municipality also has a river island ( Veľkolélsky ostrov ) in the Danube, which is also protected by law as part of the Dunajské luhy landscape protection area . Zlatná na Ostrove is 11 kilometers away from Komárno .

Administratively, the municipality is divided into the municipality parts Horná Zlatná (Hungarian Felaranyos ), Veľký Lél (incorporated in 1873, Hungarian Nagylél ) and Zlatná na Ostrove.

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1094 as Locus Aureus . The name refers to the earlier gold panning on the Danube.

Web links

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