Oľdza

Oľdza (Hungarian: Olgya, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈolɟɒ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Oľdza

Olgya
village
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°05′10″N 17°25′15″E
Country Slovakia
RegionTrnava
DistrictDunajská Streda
First written mention1239
Government
 • MayorIldiko Gyurcsiova ([])
Area
 • Total8.860 km2 (3.421 sq mi)
Elevation
123 m (404 ft)
Population
 (2001)[3]
 • Total258
 • Estimate 
(2018)
503
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • Hungarians49%
 • Slovaks51%
Time zoneUTC+1 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code
930 39
Area code(s)+421 31

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 126 metres and covers an area of 8.861 km².

History

The village was first recorded in 1239 as Olgia. Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops liberated the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held and occupied by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet liberation in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 209, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 258 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 344. As of 2001, 93,80per cent of its population was Hungarian while 5,43 per cent was Slovak. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 94.19% of the total population. Due to the lage development of new haouses in the village since 2007, the Slovak polulation became major part of the population (51%).[3]

References
  1. "Local election results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, December 2006". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  2. Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26.
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