Budkovce ( hu, Butka ) a

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and

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Michalovce District Michalovce District (''okres Michalovce'') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europ ...

in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1319.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 102 metres and covers an

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of (2020-06-30/-07-01).

Ethnicity

The

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is almost entirely Slovak in

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Population

Its

is 1,508 people (2020-12-31).

Government

The village relies on the

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and

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offices, police force and

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Michalovce Michalovce (; hu, Nagymihály, german: Großmichel, Romani language, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish language, Yiddish: ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; uk, Михайлівці) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally ...

although the village has its own birth registry.

Economy

The village has a

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, a Slovak

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and

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and a number of food stores.

Sports

The village has a

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pitch and a

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nasium.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Presov, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1850-1895 (parish A) * Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1756-1904 (parish B) * Reformed church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1793-1938 (parish B)

Gallery

File:Budkovce kostol.jpg, Holy Trinity church (est. 14th century) in Budkovce File:Budkovce pomnik.jpg, Memorial to the executed victims of the 1831 East Slovak Peasant Uprising File:Budkovce ŠRT.jpg, Standard gauge and broad gauge railway and broad gauge freight station in Budkovce