Malá Tŕňa (formerly ; ) is a

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and

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in the

Trebišov District Trebišov District (, ; ) is a Districts of Slovakia, district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian county of Zemplén County, Ze ...

in the

Košice Region The Košice Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which ...

of south-eastern

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History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1392.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 186 metres and covers an

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of 9.807 km². It has a

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of about 450 people.

Ethnicity

The village is about 88% Slovak and 12% Hungarian.

Facilities

The village has a public

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. The village is located in the

Tokaj wine region Tokaj wine region ( ) or Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region (short ''Tokaj-Hegyalja'' or ''Hegyalja'') is a historical wine region located in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. It is also one of the seven larger Hungarian wine, wine regi ...

and contains several ancient wine cellars. The village has a nearby viewing tower. The village is furthest from the sea in

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References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Trebišov District {{Trebišov-geo-stub