Kajal (village)

Kajal ( until 1927 slovak " Zemansky Kajal "; Hungarian Nemes Kajal - Kajal to 1907 ) is a municipality in western Slovakia with 1512 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Galanta, a part of the Trnavský kraj.

Geography

The municipality is located in the Slovak Danube lowland, more precisely in its flat part. The built-up part is almost completely surrounded by various streams and canals. The territory extends east to the reservoir Kráľová at the Waag and is of Au or black soil covered. The center is located at an altitude of 117 m nm and is six kilometers from Galanta and seven kilometers from Šaľa.

Neighboring municipalities are Váhovce in the north, Šoporňa in the northeast (separated by the dam ), Kráľová nad Váhom in the east, the south and Topoľnica Galánta the west and northwest.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1297 as Quayol writing and belonged to different generations of the gentry. 1828 were counted 175 houses and 1,250 inhabitants, who were mostly employed in agriculture.

Until 1918, belonged to the county located in the Bratislava city of the Kingdom of Hungary and was then Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today. In the first Czechoslovak Republic, there were frequent strikes by agricultural workers, as in the years 1920, 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1932. Due to the First Vienna Award, the place was 1938-1945 again in Hungary.

The municipality belongs erstwhile village and present settlement Únovce (Hungarian Úny ), first mentioned in 1251 as Own writing.

Population

According to the 2011 census lived in Kajal 1,499 inhabitants, of whom 891 Magyars, 496 Slovaks, Roma eleven, four Czechs, three German and Ukrainian, two Russian women and a Croat. 88 inhabitants did not know. 1,067 inhabitants belonged to the Jehovah's Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church of the 92 residents, seven inhabitants to the Greek Catholic Church, six inhabitants to the Reformed Church, four inhabitants of the witnesses, three residents of the Seventh- day Adventist Church, two residents for evangelistic church and the Orthodox Church and in each case a resident of the Jewish community and the New Apostolic Church; Twelve residents were other denomination. 178 inhabitants were non-denominational and 123 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.

Results according to the census 2001 (1.447 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

  • 70.85 % Magyars
  • 25.26% Slovaks
  • 2.89% Roma
  • 0.35% German
  • 0.28% Ukrainians
  • 0.21 % Czechs

After Confession:

  • 75.58 % Roman Catholic
  • 14.26 % religious affiliation
  • 7.76% Evangelical
  • 0.92 % no answer
  • 0.07 % Greek Catholic
  • 0.07 % other

Attractions

  • Roman Catholic church of the 16th century, originally designed in the Renaissance style, extended at the end of the 19th century
  • Protestant church in neo-Gothic style from 1898

Infrastructure and Transport

The basic infrastructure is well developed up to the cable TV network, there are water and gas pipes, sewers and connection to a sewage treatment plant. Next is Kajal location of a kindergarten and a Hungarian-speaking primary school (up to the fourth grade ) and there is a post office. South of the town the road extends first order 75, following the railway line Bratislava -Budapest is in Topoľnica ( stop) or in Galanta and Šaľa ( train station).

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