Malé Trakany () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

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 1332.

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 111 metres and covers an

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of 11.014 km². It has a

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of about 1135 people. It is next to the Hungarian border (at Tiszabezdéd, Győröcske and Záhony) and near the Ukrainian border (at Solomonovo).

Ethnicity

The village is about 88% Hungarian and about 7% Slovak.

Facilities

The village has a public

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and a football pitch.

References

External links

* * https://www.webcitation.org/5QjNYnAux?url=http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Trebišov District Municipalities in Slovakia where Hungarian is an official language {{Trebišov-geo-stub