Michal na Ostrove explained

Official Name:Michal na Ostrove
Other Name:Szentmihályfa
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Slovakia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Coordinates:48.0239°N 17.5119°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Trnava
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dunajská Streda
Established Title:First written mention
Established Date:1337
Named For:St. Michael Tree
Government Footnotes:[1] [2]
Leader Party:Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:László Bögi
Area Total Km2:10.65[3]
Elevation M:118[4]
Population Footnotes:[5]
Population Total:1062[6]
Population Est:884
Pop Est As Of:2008
Population Density Km2:98.23[7]
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:Hungarians
Demographics1 Info1:89,03 %
Demographics1 Title2:Slovaks
Demographics1 Info2:8,16 %
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:930 35
Area Code:+421 31
Population Density Sq Mi:37.93
Area Total Sq Mi:4.11
Elevation Ft:387

Michal na Ostrove (Hungarian: Szentmihályfa, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈsɛntmihaːjfɒ/) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 118 metres and covers an area of 10.653 km².

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Michal na Ostrove was part of Great Moravia. After Hungarian invasion, it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The village was first recorded in 1337 by its Hungarian name as Weke.

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 defeat and disintegration in November 1918, victory western powers established Czechoslovak administration, as part of cease-fire agreements. After official peaceful agreement of Hungary with USA, Britain and France, the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially part of democratic Czechoslovakia. Hungarians agreed to full independence of Czechoslovakia and their borders. However, in November 1938, after agreement with Hitler, Nazi-cooperative Hungary took the area, so called First Vienna Award and this "award" was held by Hungary until 1945. After Soviets defeated German and Hungarian troops in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned to the village. Following a socialistic coup in 1948, the village became part of socialistic Czechoslovakia until 1989. During 1989–1992 it was part of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and since 1 January 1993 it is part of the Slovak Republic.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 480, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 419 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 419. As of 2001, 89,03 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 8,16 per cent was Slovak. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 87.48% of the total population.

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Notes and References

  1. http://app.statistics.sk/oso_2006/angl/obvod/results/tab10.jsp?sr=3&obvod=201&obec=501786 Local election results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, December 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: Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ . 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.