Tomášov () is a

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and

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in western

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Senec District Senec District (''okres Senec'') is a district in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia. It was established in 1996. The district is largely a bedroom community for Bratislava and is also known for its recreational possibilities, foremost the ...

in the

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Names and etymology

The name comes from a personal name with the Slavic/Slovak possessive suffix ''-ov''. In historical records the modern name of the village was first mentioned in 1434 (''Tomaschoff''). In 1456, the village was mentioned as ''Thamashaza''. ''Fél'' (1250, ''Feel'') - the official modern name of Tomášov in the language of the Hungarian national minority was initially a separate village, but nowadays it is part of Tomášov.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 128 metres and covers an area of 19.828 km².

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned on 4 December 1250 as Feél. There is a baroque

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

built in 18th century on the side of the village.

Population

It had a population of about 2540 people on 31 December 2016.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomasov Villages and municipalities in Senec District