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Slovenská Kajňa

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Area
  
6.73 km²

Elevation
  
140 m

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

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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.

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 April 23, 2006 Matanin won the Leipzig Marathon in 2:19:33 hours. Matanin was a former mayor of Slovenská Kajňa (from 1.1.2007 to 31.12.2010). Currently he is a sporting director of the ČSOB Bratislava Marathon.
  • 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.

    • References

    Slovenská Kajňa Wikipedia
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