Turňa nad Bodvou (; ;

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and

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Košice-okolie District Košice–okolie District (''okres Košice–okolie''; , lit. 'Košice-Surroundings') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It surrounds the city of Košice, which serves as the district seat although it does not belong to the d ...

in the

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of eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1198. The capital of the historic county

Torna County Torna ( Slovak: ''Turňa'', Latin and Hungarian: ''Torna'', ) is the name of a historic administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was located in present-day southeastern Slovakia and northern Hungary Hungary is a ...

of the

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was

Turňa Castle Turňa Castle (, ) is a castle in Turňa nad Bodvou, Košice Region, Slovakia. References Castles in Slovakia Buildings and structures in Košice Region {{slovakia-struct-stub ...

(Slovak: Turniansky hrad), later the town of Turňa nad Bodvou with a population of about 30'000 people in the year 1851. The

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Turňa nad Bodvou became a

after the

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and the

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Geography

The

lies at an

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of 180 metres and covers an

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of 23.12 km². It has a

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of about 3230 people.

Ethnicity

The majority of the

is almost evenly split between

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(43.92%) and

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(43.57%), with Romani (8.06%) as the largest minority (2001).

Government

The village has its own

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and

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but the

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is located at Moldava nad Bodvou. It also has its own birth registering office.

Economy and facilities

The village also has developed

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facilities including a

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and outpatient facilities for

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and

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and a

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. The village also has a

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and

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branch.

Culture

The village has a public

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and a

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rental store. The village is connected to

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. The village also has a castle located on a hill by the village entrance named the Turnansky Hrad. There is little remaining of the structure as much of it was destroyed under the orders of Ceasar Leopold in the year 1685, and later in 1848, a fire brought down the roof. There is now only one wall and the remains of a turret left standing although this too is crumbling.

Sport

The village has a football pitch.

Transport

The village has a railway station on the Košice to Zvolen line with a generally two-hourly service.https://www.zssk.sk/en/timetables/ It also has two bus stops.

Gallery

Image:Tornacivertanlegi1.jpg, Aerial photography of

Turňa Castle Turňa Castle (, ) is a castle in Turňa nad Bodvou, Košice Region, Slovakia. References Castles in Slovakia Buildings and structures in Košice Region {{slovakia-struct-stub ...

Image:Tornacivertanlegi2.jpg Image:Tornacivertanlegi3.jpg

Sources

External links

Turňa nad Bodvou
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District Municipalities in Slovakia where Hungarian is an official language {{Košice-okolie-geo-stub