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