Trakovice ( hu, Karkóc) is a
village
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Hlohovec District
Hlohovec District (''okres Hlohovec'') is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. District is located on a valley lowlands of Váh river. In its current borders had been established in 1996. Most important economy branches are producti ...
in the
Trnava Region
The Trnava Region ( sk, Trnavský kraj, ; hu, Nagyszombati kerület; german: Tyrnauer Landschaftsverband) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It was established in 1996, before which date most of its districts were parts of Brati ...
of western
Slovakia
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.
History
In
historical records the
village
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was first mentioned in 1275.
Geography
The
municipality
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lies at an
altitude
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of 150 metres and covers an
area
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of 11.632 km². It has a
population
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of about 1321 people.
Notable people
*
Rudolf Krajčovič Rudolf Krajčovič (22 July 1927 in Trakovice – 29 October 2014) was a Slovaks, Slovak linguistics, linguist and Slavic studies, Slavist, the author of migration-integration theory about the origin of the Slovak language.
Life
He studied Slovak l ...
, linguist
References
External links
Official web page*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Hlohovec District
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