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.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 111m (364feet) and covers an area of 16.073km2. It has a population of about 756 people.
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.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Bratislava (Slovak: Štátny archív v Bratislave).