village
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
Nitra Region
The Nitra Region ( sk, Nitriansky kraj, ; hu, Nyitrai kerület) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. It consists of seven districts ( sk, okres) and 354 ...
of south-west
Slovakia
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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
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of 188 metres and covers an
area
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of 9.069 km².
It has a
population
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of about 830 people.
Facilities
The village has a public
library
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a
gym
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and a
football pitch
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.
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): 1654-1895 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1785-1896 (parish B)
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1903 (parish B)