Veľké Kozmálovce () 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

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 ...

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History

Veľké Kozmálovce was first mentioned in writing in 1322 as ''Kozmal.'' In 1362 the village was owned by the ''Forgách'' family, later it was in Lewenz and Goldmorawitz and was last owned by the ''Migazzi'' family. The municipal area also includes two lost medieval settlements, Braian and Scevlen. In 1618 the place was plundered by the Turks. In 1534 there were four porta, in 1601 there were 45 houses in the village, according to a Turkish tax register from 1664 there were 43 taxpayers and 33 households here. In 1720 there were 23 taxpayers, in 1828 there were 69 houses and 445 inhabitants employed as farmers. Until 1918, the village in Bars county belonged to the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

and then came to

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

and today Slovakia. From 1986 to 1995 Veľké Kozmálovce was part of the town of

Tlmače Tlmače is a town and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. History In historical records the town was first mentioned in 1075 as ''Talmach''. It has town status since 1986. From 1986 to 1994 the villages of Mal ...

Geography

The

lies at an

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of 170 metres and covers an

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of 5.924 km². It has a

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of about 705 people.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Veľké Kozmálovce had a population of 705, of which 702 were

Slovaks The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...

and one Hungarian and one

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 ...

. One resident did not specify the ethnicity. 651 residents are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, 15 residents with the Evangelical Church, one with the Orthodox Church and three with another denomination. 25 residents were non-denominational and with 10 residents the denomination was not determined.

Facilities

The village has a public

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and

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. Along with the Roman Catholic, All Saints Church from the 18th century.

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Levice District {{Levice-geo-stub