Official Name: | Medveďov |
Other Name: | Medve |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Coordinates: | 47.7972°N 17.6583°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Trnava |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dunajská Streda |
Established Title: | First written mention |
Established Date: | 1252 |
Named For: | Bear |
Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Leader Party: | Party of the Hungarian Coalition |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ing. Ladislav Kulacs |
Area Total Km2: | 10.38[3] |
Elevation M: | 111[4] |
Population Footnotes: | [5] |
Population Total: | 526[6] |
Population Est: | 574 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2008 |
Population Density Km2: | 50.92[7] |
Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity |
Demographics1 Title1: | Hungarians |
Demographics1 Info1: | 87,31 % |
Demographics1 Title2: | Slovaks |
Demographics1 Info2: | 11,15 % |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 930 07 |
Area Code: | +421 31 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 19.66 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.01 |
Elevation Ft: | 364 |
Medveďov (hu|Medve, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈmɛdvɛ/) is a border village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 111 metres and covers an area of 10.388 km². The village lies near the border with Hungary, near the Danube.
In the 9th century, the territory of Medveďov became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The name of the village was first mentioned in 1252 as Willa Medwe castri Posoniensis (Medve village of the Pozsony Castle). Until the end of World War I, the village was part of Hungary and fell within the Tószigetcsilizköz district of Győr 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. The village suffered a major flood in 1895, 1956 and on 17 June 1965.
In 1910, the village had 781, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 583 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the village's population as 574. As of 2001, 87.31% of its population was Hungarian while 11.15% was Slovak.
Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 83.36% of the total population.