Bardoňovo () is a
municipality
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and village in the
Nové Zámky District in the
Nitra Region
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in south-west
Slovakia
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.
History
In
historical records the village was first mentioned in 1269.
Geography
The
village
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lies at an
altitude
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of 193 metres and covers an
area
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of 23.81 km
2. It has a
population
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of about 880 people.
Ethnicity
Originally a Magyar settlement, founded at the beginning of the 11th century, just after the "Pozsony Battle", led by Dux Árpád. The original Magyar population's majority was expelled to Hungary and/or brutally deported to the Sudetenland between 1945 and 1949 as a result of the
Beneš decrees. They belonged to Reformed (Calvinist) Church. The population is now about 61%
Slovak and 39%
Hungarian.
Facilities
The
village
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has two cemeteries, three pubs and a mansion (Zigmund Kelecsenyi).
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in
Nitra ().
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1733-1895 (parish B)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1785-1896 (parish B)
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1895 (parish B)
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (, singular ), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (, singular ); articles on individu ...
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070427022352/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Surnames of living people in BardonovoBardoňovo – Nové Zámky okolie
Villages and municipalities in Nové Zámky District
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