Perín-Chym is a
municipality (village) in eastern
Slovakia near the town of
Košice
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...
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It arose in 1964 by a merger of the municipalities ''Perín'' (first written mention 1220; before 1927 called Perina) and ''Chym'' (first written mention 1294; also called Him in some periods in the past).
The municipality
Vyšný Lanec was merged with Perín-Chym in 1991.
The village Perín gave name to the Lords of Perín (
Perényi Perényi may refer to:
* Béla Perényi, Hungarian chess player
*Eleanor Perenyi, American gardener and garden writer
*Péter Perényi, Comes of Temesvár
* Péter Perényi (1502–1548), Voivode of Transylvania
*Miklós Perényi
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), a noble family in the
Kingdom of Hungary, whose oldest known member Urban was granted the domain of Perín in 1292.
Today the municipality is well-known thanks to
ponds and
fishery
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References
Villages in Slovakia
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