Official Name: | Hviezdoslavov |
Other Name: | Hviezdoslavfalva |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Coordinates: | 48.0675°N 17.3481°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Trnava |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dunajská Streda |
Established Title: | First written mention |
Established Date: | 1921 |
Named For: | Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav |
Leader Party: | Progressive Slovakia |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marek Lackovič |
Area Total Km2: | 10.50[1] |
Elevation M: | 126[2] |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 2768[4] |
Population Est: | 476 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2008 |
Population Density Km2: | 249.49[5] |
Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity |
Demographics1 Title1: | Hungarians |
Demographics1 Info1: | 45.10 % |
Demographics1 Title2: | Slovaks |
Demographics1 Info2: | 47.77 % |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 930 41 |
Area Code: | +421 31 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 96.33 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.05 |
Elevation Ft: | 413 |
Hviezdoslavov (Hungarian: Hviezdoslavfalva, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈhviɛzdoʃlɒvfɒlvɒ/, or Hungarian: Vörösmajor) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 126 metres and covers an area of 10.54 km². It has a population of about 2,768 people according to the 2021 census.
In the 9th century, the territory of Hviezdoslavov became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1921. It was founded in the same year as part of a colonisation program by which Slovak and Czech colonies were set up within the framework of official and private colonisation of areas with ethnic Hungarian majority.
The 2021 Census recorded population of the village as 2,472 people. 2,100 (85%) are Slovaks, 181 people (7.3%) Hungarians and 119 (4.8%) others nationality.
Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, with its adherents numbering 66.85% of the total population, while 19.29 per cent of the respondents did not belong to any denomination
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"