GeÄa
Geča (Hungarian Hernádgecse - to 1907 Gecse ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia with 1631 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Košice - okolie, a part of the Košice Region and is located in the historic landscape abov.
Geography
The municipality is located in the southern part of the basin Košická kotlina on a river terrace of the Hornád. The center is located at an altitude of 181 m nm and is 12 kilometers south of Kosice.
History
Geča was first mentioned in 1255 as Jeche writing and was then part of belonging to the provost Jasov land. 1828 were counted 81 houses and 546 inhabitants.
Until 1919, the in- county Abaúj- Torna place belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and was then Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today. 1938-45 he was on the basis of the First Vienna Award again in Hungary.
Population
According to the 2011 census lived in Geča 1,622 inhabitants, of whom 1,569 Slovaks, Ruthenians 5, 4 Magyars, 2 poles and 1 Czech. 41 inhabitants gave no indication an.1.429 residents pleaded with the Roman Catholic Church, 27 inhabitants of the Greek Catholic Church, 22 inhabitants to the Reformed Church and 15 inhabitants to the Protestant church. 57 residents were non-denominational and 68 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.
Results according to the census 2001 (1.482 inhabitants):
After Ethnicity:
- 98.72 % Slovaks
- 0.13 % Magyars
- 0.27% Czechs
After Confession:
- 94.67 % Roman Catholic
- 1.82% Greek Catholic
- 1.08% no religious affiliation
- 0.81% Evangelical
- 0.81 % no answer
Structures
- Country palace in the Baroque style of the 17th century, together with the Virgin Mary Nativity Church, which was built in 1750