Čenkovce
Csenke
village
Čenkovce is located in Slovakia
Čenkovce
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°06′00″N 17°26′00″E / 48.10000°N 17.43333°E / 48.10000; 17.43333
Country Slovakia
RegionTrnava
DistrictDunajská Streda
First written mention1252
Government
  MayorJózsef Karika[1]
Area
  Total11.57[2] km2 (4.47[2] sq mi)
Elevation
123[3] m (404[3] ft)
Population
 (2021)[4]
  Total1,099[5]
  Estimate 
(2008)
1,100
Ethnicity
  Hungarians90,91%
  Slovaks8,23%
Time zoneUTC+1 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code
930 39[3]
Area code+421 31[3]

Čenkovce (Hungarian: Csenke, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃɛnkɛ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 5.542 km².

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Čenkovce became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1240. 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 Čenkovce 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.

Demography

It has a population of about 814 people, of whom 740 respondents reported themselves as Hungarian and 67 as Slovak) at the 2001 census.

See also

References

  1. Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. 1 2 "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26.
  5. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

  • Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1673-1897 (parish B)
  • Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1910 (parish B)


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