Slovenská Kajňa

Slovenská Kajňa (Hungarian: Alsónyírjes) is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.

Slovenská Kajňa
Village
Slovenská Kajňa
Location of Slovenská Kajňa in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°58′00″N 21°45′00″E
CountrySlovakia
RegionPrešov Region
DistrictVranov nad Topľou District
First mentioned1323
Government
 • MayorLenka Hierzer Štiber
Area
 • Total6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2012)
 • Total783
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
094 02
Area code(s)421-57
Websitehttp://www.slovenskakajna.eu/
Location of Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 142 metres and covers an area of 6.729 km². It has a population of about 783 people.[1]

The Holy Trinity's Church

Notable people
  • Marcel Matanin is a former long-distance runner, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 81st and last place, clocking a total time of 2:50:26 hours. On 23 April 2006 Matanin won the Leipzig Marathon in 2:19:33 hours. Matanin was a former mayor of Slovenská Kajňa (from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010).[2] Currently he is a sporting director of the ČSOB Bratislava Marathon.[3]
  • Tomáš Oslovič is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for Landesliga Bayern-Mitte club 1. FC Bad Kötzting in Germany. His former clubs were MFK Vranov nad Topľou, Czech 1. FC Karlovy Vary and German clubs SV Schwarzhofen e.V, SV Mitterteich.[4]

References
  1. Slovenská Kajňa Demografia (31.12.2012) Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine 31.12.2012, statistics.sk/
  2. Obec Slovenská Kajňa - Voľby a politika v obci 27.09.2013, naseobce.sk
  3. ČSOB Bratislava Marathon má nového športového riaditeľa 31.01.2012, http://m.webnoviny.sk/
  4. Tomas Oslovic 28.09.2013, fupa.net/



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