Hungarians in Slovakia

  • 50-100 %
  • 10-50 %
  • 0-10%

The Magyars form the largest ethnic minority in Slovakia. According to the 2011 census were living in the country 458 467 Magyars, making for nearly 8.5 % of the total population of Slovakia. They live mainly in the south of the country along the border with Hungary, mostly in the districts Trnavský kraj and Nitriansky kraj and form the majority in Okres Dunajská Streda and Okres Komárno. The majority are bilingual and speak next to the Hungarian and Slovak.

  • 4.1 Born before 1918
  • 4.2 Born after 1918

Demography

According to the last census in 2011 lived in the country 458 467 Magyars, with a share of 8.49%. 2001 formed the Magyars with 520 528 members 9.67% of the population of Slovakia; 1991, there were 567 296, with a share of 10.76 %. See the table on the right for an illustration of the results of the 2011 census by the districts.

The Magyar minority lives mostly along the Hungarian border in the west, these include the Great Rye Island, an area north of it between the Little Danube and the Waag and the area on the lower course of the rivers Waag and Gran Eipel, about 25-30 kilometers off the flows into the Danube. The first two areas mentioned are also partly as a mat country (Hungarian Mátyusföld ) known. Outside this continuous area is still a linguistic island in the region of Nitra, ethnological called Zobor. In the middle of Slovakia the Hungarians living along the Eipel, starting around Lučenec and in the Südhälften the landscapes Novohrad and Gemer. In Eastern Slovakia they are to Rožňava and Moldava nad Bodvou southwest and south of Kosice to find. Add to that an area in the East Slovak Lowland along the rivers Bodrog and Latorica that of the Magyar side as Bodrogköz ( Slow Medzibodrožie ) is called.

Towns with a Hungarian share of more than 10 %

Here are all the cities (but not simple municipalities) listed that a Hungarian share of 10 % or more exhibited at the 2001 census. With a share of 20 % or more of the Hungarian language may be used by the municipality officially.

  • Velky Meder (Hungarian Nagymegyer ) - 84.55 %
  • Kolárovo (Hungarian Gúta ) - 80.77 %
  • Dunajská Streda (Hungarian Dunaszerdahely ) - 79.75 %
  • Kráľovský Chlmec (Hungarian Királyhelmec ) - 76.94 %
  • Štúrovo (Hungarian Párkány ) - 68.74 %
  • Šamorín (Hungarian Somorja ) - 66.63 %
  • Fiľakovo (Hungarian Fülek ) - 64.40 %
  • Šahy (Hungarian Ipolyság ) - 62.21 %
  • Tornaľa (Hungarian Tornalja ) - 62.14 %
  • Komárno (Hungarian: Komárom ) - 60.09 %
  • Čierna Tisou (Hungarian Tiszacsernyő ) - 60.11 %
  • Veľké Kapušany (Hungarian Nagykapos ) - 56.98 %
  • Želiezovce (Hungarian Zseliz ) - 51.24 %
  • Hurbanovo (Hungarian Ógyalla ) - 50.19 %
  • Moldava nad Bodvou (Hungarian Szepsi ) - 43.65 %
  • Sládkovičovo (Hungarian Diószeg ) - 38.50 %
  • Galánta (Hungarian Galánta ) - 36,80 %
  • Rimavská Sobota (Hungarian Rimaszombat ) - 35.26 %
  • Nové Zámky (Hungarian Érsekújvár ) - 27.52 %
  • Rožňava (Hungarian Rozsnyó ) - 26,80 %
  • Senec (Hungarian Szenc ) - 22.12%
  • Šaľa (Hungarian Vágsellye ) - 17.88 %
  • Lučenec (Hungarian Losonc ) - 13.11%
  • Levice (Hungarian Léva ) - 12.23 %

Although the following cities had more than 5,000 members of the Magyar minority, but had a share of less than 10%:

  • Bratislava ( Pozsony Hungarian ) - 16,541 inhabitants, 3.84%
  • Košice (Hungarian: Kassa ) - 8,490 inhabitants, 3.79%

Culture and Education

  • Csemadok, a cultural association for the Hungarian minority in Slovakia
  • Kalligram, a publishing house in Bratislava
  • Madách, former publisher
  • Rádio Patria, a broadcast program of the Slovak Radio, sends the majority in Hungarian
  • Új Szó ( German new word ), a Hungarian- language newspaper, published in Bratislava
  • J. Selye University, Hungarian -language university in Komárno
  • Vasárnap ( German Sunday), a Hungarian- language weekly magazine

At about 580 schools teaching takes place in Hungarian, about another 200 schools are bilingual ( Slovak- Hungarian).

Political Parties

Today, the Magyar minority is represented by two political parties:

  • Party of the Hungarian Coalition (Hungarian: Magyar Koalíció Pártja, slow. Strana maďarskej koalície, official abbreviation SMK -MKP ) is not currently in Parliament was represented from 1998 to 2006 in the government
  • Most -Hid ( Slow and Hungarian for the word " bridge "), represented with 13 seats in parliament, was from 2010 to 2012 represented in the government, currently in opposition

Personalities

Born before 1918

  • Bálint Balassi
  • Béla Gerster
  • Emmerich Thokoly
  • Ernst von Dohnányi
  • Francis II Rákóczi
  • Gyula Andrássy
  • Gyula Andrássy the Younger
  • Imre Madách
  • János Esterházy
  • Johannes Sambucus
  • Kálmán Mikszáth
  • Lajos Batthyány
  • Lajos Kassák
  • Mór Jókai
  • Michael Tompa
  • Sandor Marai

Born after 1918

  • Attila Kaszás
  • Balázs Borbély
  • Béla Bugár
  • Edit Bauer
  • Pál Csáky
  • Szilárd Németh
  • Tamás Priskin
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