Perín-Chym

Perín-Chym is a municipality (village) in eastern Slovakia near the town of Košice.

It arose in 1964 by a merger of the municipalities Perín (first written mention 1220; before 1927 called Perina) and Chym (first written mention 1294; also called Him in some periods in the past). The municipality Vyšný Lanec was merged with Perín-Chym in 1991.

The village Perín gave name to the Lords of Perín (Perényi), a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary, whose oldest known member Urban was granted the domain of Perín in 1292.

Today the municipality is well-known thanks to ponds and fishery.

Some of the historical names of "Perín"

1220 - Latin: villa Peruen
1295 - villa Perwen
1316 - Purwen
1317 - Peruen
1318 - Purun
1319 - Peren
1329 - Pirin
1330 - Purym
1336 - Perynä
1351 - Perueyn
1352 - Peren
1773 - Slovak: Perina; Hungarian: Perény
1808 - sk: Peříňa, Perýňa, hu: Perény

The name Peruen is derived from *Prven (Peruen), a Slavic name.

Statistics

Mayor: Adriena Baranová
Website
Population: 1,496
Region: Košice Region
District: Košice-okolie District

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