Mierovo Explained

Official Name:Mierovo
Other Name:Béke
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Slovakia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Coordinates:48.07°N 17.3867°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Trnava
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dunajská Streda
Established Title:First written mention
Established Date:1260
Named For:Peace
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Party:Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Donát Állo
Area Total Km2:6.19[2]
Elevation M:124[3]
Population Footnotes:[4]
Population Total:439[5]
Population Est:429
Pop Est As Of:2008
Population Density Km2:71.3[6]
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:Hungarians
Demographics1 Info1:82,34 %
Demographics1 Title2:Slovaks
Demographics1 Info2:15,27 %
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:930 41
Area Code:+421 31
Population Density Sq Mi:27.5
Area Total Sq Mi:2.39
Elevation Ft:407

Mierovo (Hungarian: Béke, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈbeːkɛ/) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 124 metres and covers an area of 6.192 km².

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Mierovo became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The village was first recorded in 1260 by its Hungarian name as Weke. Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. 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 388, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 419 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 419. As of 2001, 82,34 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 15,27 per cent was Slovak. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 89.50% of the total population.

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: Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110226112651/http://app.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html . 2011-02-26 .
  5. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  6. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.