Bodza | |
Other Name: | Bogya |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Komárno District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Zuzana Fitosová |
Leader Party: | MOST-HÍD |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bodza in the Nitra Region##Location of Bodza in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 47.83°N 17.83°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1387 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 6.32 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 110 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 384 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 946 16 |
Area Code: | +421 35 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | KN |
Website: | www.bodza.sk |
Bodza (Hungarian: Bogya, Hungarian pronunciation: NaNgyNaNgy) is a village and municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.
The village lies at an altitude of 109 metres and covers an area of 6.318 km².It had a population of about 355 people as at 31 December 2004.
In the 9th century, the territory of Bodza became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1245.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 Bodza 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 village has a football pitch.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Nitra, Slovakia"