Veľká Mača | |
Other Name: | Nagymácséd |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Trnava |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Galanta |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Veľká Mača in the Trnava Region##Location of Veľká Mača in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.2419°N 17.6908°W |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Kosnáčová Dagmar |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1326 |
Area Total Km2: | 14.81[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.72 |
Elevation M: | 123[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 404 |
Population Total: | 2602[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 176.06[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 67.98 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 925 32 |
Area Code: | +421 31 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | GA |
Website: | http://www.velkamaca.sk/ |
Veľká Mača (hu|Nagymácséd) is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
The municipality lies at an elevation of 124 metres and covers an area of 14.813 km².
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1326. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Pozsony County within the Kingdom of Hungary.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 Veľká Mača 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.
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 2,603 inhabitants. 1,982 of inhabitants were Hungarians, 529 Slovaks, 11 Roma and 81 others and unspecified.[5]