Official Name: | Horné Mýto |
Other Name: | Felsővámos |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Coordinates: | 48.0103°N 17.7544°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Trnava |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dunajská Streda |
Established Title: | First written mention |
Established Date: | 1406 |
Named For: | Mýto and Vámos refer to "customs" |
Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Leader Party: | Party of the Hungarian Coalition |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Eduárd Zalka |
Area Total Km2: | 12.10[3] |
Elevation M: | 113[4] |
Population Footnotes: | [5] |
Population Total: | 903[6] |
Population Est: | 981 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2008 |
Population Density Km2: | 74.66[7] |
Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity |
Demographics1 Title1: | Hungarians |
Demographics1 Info1: | 85.19% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Slovaks |
Demographics1 Info2: | 12.6% |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 930 13 |
Area Code: | +421 31 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 28.83 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.67 |
Elevation Ft: | 371 |
Horné Mýto (Hungarian: Felsővámos, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈfɛlʃøːvaːmoʃ/, until 1899 Hungarian: Vámosfalu) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of southwest Slovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 110 metres and covers an area of 12.107 km2.
In the 9th century, the territory of Horné Mýto became part of the Great Moravia. In 11th it was within Kingdom of Hungary.In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1406. 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 liberated the whole area of southern Slovakia including the village. This was confirmed with victory powers France, Great Britain and USA. After Hungary forced to agree and sign the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it recognized officially the village as part of Czechoslovakia and fell within Bratislava County until 1927. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award returned the area to Hungary due to the Hungarian majority. After the occupation of soviets, they gave back the village to the Czechoslovakians. After WWII, First Vienna Award has been declared as never-valid agreement, confirming illegality of Hungarian occupation. After anti-nazi army liberated area in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947. In 1960, it was unified with the neighboring Trhová Hradská (Vásárút) under the name of Trhové Mýto, however, since 1990, both have formed independent municipalities again.
At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 969 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 981. As of 2001, 97.21% of its population were Hungarians, while 2.48% were Slovaks.
According to the 2021 census, the village population has decreased to 905 people. The share of Hungarians was 85.19% and the share of Slovaks 12.6%.[8]
Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 96.18% of the total population.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"