Country Slovakia District Dunajská Streda Named for poplar Area 34.82 km² Population 3,015 (2001) | Region Trnava First written mention 1113 Time zone EET (UTC+1) Elevation 111 m Local time Monday 7:25 AM | |
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Topoľníky (Hungarian: Nyárasd, [ˈɲaːrɒʒd]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
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History
The village was first recorded in 1113. Local tradition helds that the Mikóczy, Csölle, Nagy, Szalay, Várady, Tóth és Szabó families, millers and fishermen for profession, were the first settlers in the village.
During the Hungarian Revolution and Independence War of 1848-49, a battle took place near the village on 13 January 1849 between the Hungarian troops belonging to the Komárom fortress led by colonel Ferdinand Querlonde and the Austrian imperial troops led by lieutenant colonel Geramb who lost his life in the battle which helped the Hungarians to gain victory.
Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Dunaszerdahely district of Pozsony 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. The villages of Felsőnyárasd and Alsónyárasd were unified to form the present-day municipality in 1940. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947. Its original Slovakian name derived from the Hungarian form as Náražd, but it was Slovakised by the authorities to the current official name in 1948.
Demography
At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 3015 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 3013. As of 2001, 93,03 per cent of its population was Hungarian while 5,24 per cent was Slovakian. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 83.32% of the total population.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 111 metres and covers an area of 34.820 km².