Vydrany

Vydrany Nemeshodos
village
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°01′00″N 17°35′15″E / 48.01667°N 17.58750°ECoordinates: 48°01′00″N 17°35′15″E / 48.01667°N 17.58750°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1245
Named for	„Noble Beaver”
Government[1][2]
• Mayor	László Balódi (Ind.)
Area
• Total	16.049 km^2 (6.197 sq mi)
Elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
• Total	1,390
• Estimate (2008)	1,499
• Density	93/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Ethnicity[3]
• Hungarians	85,40 %
• Slovakians	12,23%
Time zone	EET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code	930 16
Area code(s)	+421 31
Website	www.vydrany.sk/en

Vydrany (Hungarian: Nemeshodos, pronounced [ˈnɛmɛʃhodoʃ], meaning "noble with beavers") is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Its former Slovakian name was Hodoš.

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Vydrany became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The village was first recorded in 1245 by its Hungarian name as Hodus. At the end of the 13th century, it was the estate of the Hodossy family, later it became a village of noble families. In the 19th century, the village was the estate of the local Vermes family.

Until the end of World War I, the village was part of Hungary and fell within the Dunaszerdahely district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovakian troops occupied 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 by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Position of the Trnava Region marked '2' in Slovakia

Demography

In 1910, the village had 997, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 1390 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population also as 1499. As of 2001, 85.40 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 12.23 per cent was Slovakian.

Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 56.04% of the total population.^[3]

References

1. Local election results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, December 2006
2. Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
3. "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ".

External links

• Municipality website
• The village on the map of Slovakia
• Local Reformed Church community website (Hungarian)