Baloň Explained

Official Name:Baloň
Other Name:Balony
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Slovakia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Coordinates:47.8333°N 17.6667°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Trnava
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dunajská Streda
Established Title:First written mention
Established Date:1252
Leader Party:Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Frigyes Matus[1] [2]
Area Total Km2:16.07[3]
Elevation M:111[4]
Population Footnotes:[5]
Population Total:731[6]
Population Est:756
Pop Est As Of:2008
Population Density Km2:45.14[7]
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:Hungarians
Demographics1 Info1:94,01%
Demographics1 Title2:Slovaks
Demographics1 Info2:5,31%
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:930 08
Area Code:+421 31
Population Density Sq Mi:17.43
Area Total Sq Mi:6.20
Elevation Ft:364

Baloň (Hungarian: Balony, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈbɒloɲ/) 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 111m (364feet) and covers an area of 16.073km2. It has a population of about 756 people.

History

In the late of 9th century, the territory of Baloň became part of the Kingdom of Hungary.In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1252. It was part of Győr County.After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Baloň once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Bratislava (Slovak: Štátny archív v Bratislave).

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Notes and References

  1. http://app.statistics.sk/oso_2006/angl/obvod/results/tab10.jsp?sr=3&obvod=201&obec=501468 Election results 2006
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Základná charakteristika . sk . 2015-04-17 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  5. Web site: Institute of Informatics and Statistics Election results 2006 . Institute of Informatics and Statistics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110226112651/http://app.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html . February 26, 2011 .
  6. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  7. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.