Povoda

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

Povoda

Pódatejed
village
Location of the village
Coordinates: 47°58′25″N 17°38′30″E
Country Slovakia
RegionTrnava
DistrictDunajská Streda
First written mention1940
Government
 • MayorSándor Csóka (Ind.)
Area
 • Total6.008 km2 (2.320 sq mi)
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2001)[3]
 • Total762
 • Estimate 
(2008)
874
 • Density145/km2 (380/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • Hungarians78,61 %
 • Slovaks18,24 %
Time zoneUTC+1 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code
929 01
Area code(s)+421 31
Websiteobecpovoda.sk/hu/hu.html

Component villages
In SlovakIn Hungarian
Lidér TejedLidértejed
PodafaPódafa
ČenkesfaCsenkeszfa

History

The municipality was organised in 1940, when its component villages were unified under the Hungarian name Pódafa, which was Slovakized as Povoda in 1948. Until the end of World War I, all three component villages were part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the villages 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, Czechoslovak administration returned and the villages became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Demography

As of 2001, 78.61% of its population were Hungarians while 18.24% were Slovaks. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 83.20% of the total population.[3]

References
  1. Local election results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, December 2006 Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  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 2011-08-11.
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