Bátorove Kosihy Explained

Bátorove Kosihy
Other Name:Bátorkeszi
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Komárno District
Pushpin Map:Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bajč in the Nitra Region##Location of Bajč in Slovakia
Coordinates:47.8308°N 18.4108°W
Named For:Bátor refers to the Báthory-family, Keszi is the name of a Hungarian tribe
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Party:SMK-MKP
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Roland Labancz
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1156
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:45.88
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Elevation M:132
Population Footnotes:[4]
Population Total:3305
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:Hungarians
Demographics1 Info1:83,38 %
Demographics1 Title2:Slovaks
Demographics1 Info2:15,59
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:946 34
Area Code:+421 35
Blank Name:Car plate
Blank Info:KN

Bátorove Kosihy (Hungarian: Bátorkeszi, NaNb) is a village and municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.

Etymology

The village was named after the Magyar tribe Keszi.[5]

History

It was inhabited by the Avars as shown by an 8th-century cemetery found by archeologists. The village was first recorded in 1156 by its Hungarian name as villa Kesceu. In the 16th century, it became the estate of the Báthory-family, which is reflected by its name.

Until the end of World War I, the village was part of Hungary and fell within the Párkány district of Esztergom. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 3144, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 3514 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the village's population also as 3475. As of 2001, 83,38 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 15,59 per cent was Slovak.

Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 66.68% of the total population.

Facilities

The village has a public library, a gym and a football pitch. It also has a DVD rental store.

Twinnings

The village is twinned with:

Notes and References

  1. http://app.statistics.sk/kv2010/sr/tab9.jsp?lang=en&sr=2&obvod=201 Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
  2. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] ]. sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  3. Web site: Základná charakteristika . sk . 2015-04-17 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  4. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  5. Book: Miloš, Marek . Národnosti Uhroska . Nationalities of the Historical Kingdom of Hungary . 121 . Filozofická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave . Trnava . 2011 . Slovak . 978-80-8082-470-9 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019212103/http://fff.truni.sk/userdata/publications/marek_skriptum.pdf . 2016-10-19 .