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Čajkov ( hu, Csejkő) is a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
and
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of south-west
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. The village is known for its vineyards and wine production. A one-day festival of contemporary electronic dance music called Debercha project takes place in Čajkov annually.


History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1276.


Geography

The
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
lies at an
altitude Altitude or height (also sometimes known as depth) is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context ...
of 188 metres and covers an
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of 23.939 km². It has a
population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of about 1030 people.


Facilities

The village has a gym, a football pitch and a
tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be u ...


Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1721-1896 (parish A)


See also

*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 Obec, obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia.Obec Čajkov v regionálnom portáli Leviceonline.sk

Obec Čajkov v regionálnom portáli Levičan.sk
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

Villages and municipalities in Levice District {{Levice-geo-stub