Čečehov () is 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, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the e ...

in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in

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. Before the establishment of independent

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

in 1918, it was part of Ung County within the

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Geography

The

lies at an

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of 106 metres and covers an

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

Ethnicity

The

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is 96% Slovak in

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Population

It has a

of 395 people (2020-12-31).

Transport

The nearest

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is located 10 kilometres away at

Michalovce Michalovce (; , , Romani language, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish language, Yiddish: מיכאלאָווצע ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; ) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally named after the Archangel St Michael ...

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1824-1912 (parish B) * Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1806-1913 (parish B) * Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1747-1940 (parish B)

References

External links

*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
of living people in Cecehov
Villages and municipalities in Michalovce District {{Michalovce-geo-stub