Imeľ | |
Other Name: | Imely |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Komárno District |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Imeľ in the Nitra Region##Location of Imeľ in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 47.9°N 18.15°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1404 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 21.96 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 111 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 1972 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 946 52 |
Area Code: | +421 35 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | KN |
Imeľ (Hungarian: Imely, Hungarian pronunciation:NaNeNaNe) is a village and municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of southwest Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1404. It was sacked by Ottoman troops in 1561. It was also managed by Ottoman Empire during periods of 1566-1595, 1605-1606 and 1663-1685. It was recorded as "Imo" as part of Komaran nahiya in Estergon sanjak of Budin Eyalet in 1664 Ottoman record. It had 45 homes and 12470 akches of tax was collected.
After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Imeľ once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.
The village lies at an altitude of 111 metres and covers an area of 21.96 km².
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 2,054 inhabitants. 1,125 of inhabitants were Slovaks, 878 Hungarians and 51 others and unspecified.[4]
The village has a public library, a gym and a football pitch. It also has a cinema.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"