Horná Potôň Explained

Official Name:Horná Potôň
Other Name:Felsőpatony
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Slovakia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Coordinates:48.0333°N 17.4833°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Trnava
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dunajská Streda
Established Title:First written mention
Established Date:1250
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Tivadar Sidó[1] [2]
Area Total Km2:28.36[3]
Elevation M:123[4]
Population Footnotes:[5]
Population Total:2111[6]
Population Est:1872
Pop Est As Of:2008
Population Density Km2:74.47[7]
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:Hungarians
Demographics1 Info1:93.86%
Demographics1 Title2:Slovaks
Demographics1 Info2:5.61%
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:930 36
Area Code:+421 31
Population Density Sq Mi:28.75
Area Total Sq Mi:10.95
Elevation Ft:404

Horná Potôň (Hungarian: Felsőpatony, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈfɛlʃøːpɒtoɲ/) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1250. Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Dunaszerdahely district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovakian troops occupied the area. Under the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became officially part of Czechoslovakia and fell within Bratislava County until 1927. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. In 1940, Lögérpatony (Horná Potôň) and Benkepatony (Benkova Potôň) were unified, since it has been called in Hungarian as Felsőpatony, while in Slovak it is known as Horná Potôň. After the Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia by the Paris Peace Treaties in 1947. In 1960, Čečinska Potôň (Csécsénypatony) was also attached to the village.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 120 metres and covers an area of 28.365 km². It has a population of about 1,762 people.

See also

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://app.statistics.sk/oso_2006/angl/obvod/results/tab10.jsp?sr=3&obvod=201&obec=501590 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 Institute of Informatics and Statistics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110226112651/http://app.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html . 2011-02-26 .
  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.