Čenkovce

Čenkovce (Hungarian: Csenke [ˈt͡ʃɛnkɛ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Čenkovce Csenke
village
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°06′00″N 17°26′00″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1252
Government
• Mayor	József Karika[1]
Area
• Total	21.41 km^2 (8.27 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population  (2001)[2]
• Total	814
• Estimate  (2008)	1,100
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Ethnicity [2]
• Hungarians	90,91%
• Slovaks	8,23%
Time zone	UTC+1 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code	930 39
Area code(s)	+421 31

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 5.542 km².

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Čenkovce became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1240. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Čenkovce once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

Demography

It has a population of about 814 people, of whom 740 respondents reported themselves as Hungarian and 67 as Slovak) at the 2001 census.

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

1. Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1673-1897 (parish B)
• Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1910 (parish B)

External links

• Surnames of living people in Cenkovce