Slovenská Kajňa Explained

Slovenská Kajňa
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Prešov
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Vranov nad Topľou
Pushpin Map:	Slovakia Prešov Region#Slovakia
Pushpin Relief:	1
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Slovenská Kajňa in the Prešov Region##Location of Slovenská Kajňa in Slovakia
Coordinates:	48.9667°N 21.75°W
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Marek Kačmár
Established Title:	First mentioned
Established Date:	1323
Area Total Km2:	6.73
Elevation M:	140
Population As Of:	31 December 2012
Population Total:	783
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	CET
Utc Offset1:	+1
Timezone1 Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+2
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	094 02
Area Code:	421-57
Blank Name:	Car plate
Blank Info:	VT

Slovenská Kajňa (Hungarian: Alsónyírjes, until 1899: Hungarian: Tót-Kajnya) is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 142 metres and covers an area of 6.729 km². It has a population of about 783 people.^[1]

Marcel Matanin is a former long-distance runner, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 81st and last place, clocking a total time of 2:50:26 hours. On 23 April 2006 Matanin won the Leipzig Marathon in 2:19:33 hours. Matanin was a former mayor of Slovenská Kajňa (from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010).^[2] Currently he is a sporting director of the ČSOB Bratislava Marathon.^[3]
Tomáš Oslovič is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for Landesliga Bayern-Mitte club 1. FC Bad Kötzting in Germany. His former clubs were MFK Vranov nad Topľou, Czech 1. FC Karlovy Vary and German clubs SV Schwarzhofen e.V, SV Mitterteich.^[4]