Å arovce () is a village and municipality in the
Levice District
Levice District (; ) is a district in
the Nitra Region of western Slovakia. It is the largest of Slovakia's 79 districts.
The west of the district was in the Hungarian county of Bars until 1918, while the east of the district was in Hont County ...
in the
Nitra Region
The Nitra Region (, ; ) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. It consists of seven districts () and 354 municipalities, from which 16 have a town status. T ...
of
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1075.
Geography
Sarovce lies at an altitude of 146 meters and covers an area of 25.379 km
2. Its population is about 1,650.
Ethnicity
Sarovce is about 47%
Magyar, 38%
Slovak, 14%
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
and 1%
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
.
Facilities
Sarovce has a public library, a sports gymnasium, and a football pitch.
References
External links
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
*http://www.sarovce.sk/pages/nasa-obec.php
Villages and municipalities in Levice District
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