Tornaľa

Tornaľa ( 1948-1990 Slovak " Šafárikovo "; Hungarian Tornalja - older even Tornallya ) is a city in Okres Revúca ( Banskobystrický kraj ) in the southern central Slovakia with 7474 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011)

Geography

The city is located in the eastern part of the boiler Rimavská kotlina (part of the southern Slovakian boiler ) on the river Slaná south of Revúca near the Hungarian border. The center is located at an altitude of 181 m nm and is 27 kilometers from Rimavská Sobota, 34 kilometers from Rožňava and 126 km from Banská Bystrica located ( road distance ).

The city is divided into the following parts of communes:

• Behynce (1971 amalgamated, Hungarian Beje )
• Králik (1963 amalgamated, Hungarian Sajókirályi )
• Starna (1971 amalgamated, Hungarian Sajószárnya )
• Tornaľa

The following information refers to the air line to the nearest town, and the distances are rounded to the nearest half kilometers. Cities are highlighted in bold.

History

The city was founded in 1245 first mentioned in writing as Köwy, was until 1918 the county Gemer and small Hont as the seat of a chair district of the Kingdom of Hungary, then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia. By the First Vienna Award they came from 1938 to 1945 for a short time again to Hungary.

She was called from 1948 to 1990 in honor of the Slovak Pavol Jozef Šafárik linguist Šafárikovo

Population

Excerpt from the results of the Census 2001 (8.169 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

• 62.17 % Magyars
• 29.77 % Slovaks
• 6.70% gypsy
• 0.50% Czechs

After Religion:

• 49.82 % Roman Catholic
• 17.03 % religious affiliation
• 7.33% Evangelical
• 2.58 % no answer