Blahová

Bláhová (Hungarian: Sárrét, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈʃaːrreːt], meaning "Mudfield" ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Bláhová

Sárrét
village
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°05′00″N 17°32′30″E
Country Slovakia
RegionTrnava
DistrictDunajská Streda
First written mention1951
Named formeans 'mudfield' in Hungarian
Government
 • MayorNatasa Rajcsányi[1]
Area
 • Total11.37 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Elevation
118 m (387 ft)
Population
 (2001)[2]
 • Total359
 • Estimate 
(2008)
371
 • Density33/km2 (90/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • Hungarians52.09%
 • Slovaks43.73%
Time zoneUTC+1 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code
930 52
Area code(s)+421 31

It has a post-office. There is a football playground and a public library in the village.

History

Census 2011 - 356 inhabitants: 199 (56%) Slovaks, 112 (31%) Hungarians and 45 (13%) others nationality.

In the 9th century Great Moravian part, past year 906 the territory of Blahová became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Blahová once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

References
  1. Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Institute of Informatics and Statistics". Archived from Institute of Informatics and Statistics the original Check |url= value (help) on 2011-02-26.


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