Demandice | |
Other Name: | Deménd |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Levice District |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Demandice in the Nitra Region##Location of Demandice in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.13°N 18.78°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1291 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 21.92 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 133 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 919 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 935 85 |
Area Code: | +421 36 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | LV |
Demandice (Hungarian: Deménd) is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1291. Until the 16th century the village belonged to the noble family Deméndi de Theszéri. The Hungarian statistician András Vályi mentions Demandice in 1796 under the name Demanova as a Slovak village. Fényes Elek in 1851 likewise mentions it as a Slovak majority village with a population of 720 Catholics and 20 Protestants. By 1910 Demandice are mentioned as a majority Hungarian village with a population of 724.
The village lies at an altitude of 143 metres and covers an area of 21.925 km².It has a population of about 995 people.
The village has a public library a gym and a cinema.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Nitra,
Slovakia"