Veľké Úľany

Veľké Úľany Nagyfödémes
Village
Church in the village
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Veľké Úľany Location of Veľké Úľany in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°10′00″N 17°34′29″E / 48.16667°N 17.57472°E / 48.16667; 17.57472Coordinates: 48°10′00″N 17°34′29″E / 48.16667°N 17.57472°E / 48.16667; 17.57472
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Galanta
First mentioned	1221
Government
• Mayor	Ferenc Gőgh
Area
• Total	41.86 km2 (16.16 sq mi)
Elevation	119 m (390 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31[1])
• Total	4,599
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Postal code	925 22
Area code(s)	0 31
Car plate	GA
Website	www.ulany.sk

Veľké Úľany (Hungarian: Nagyfödémes) is a large village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography[]

The municipality lies at an elevation of 123 metres and covers an area of 14.856 km². The village is located around 12 km west of Galanta.

Parts of the village[]

• Lencsehely
• Nové Osady
• Ekoosada

Street names[]

• Bágrová
• Hlavná
• Kaplnská
• Kováčska
• Kpt. Nálepku
• Jazerná
• Mlynská
• Leninová
• Júliusa Fučíka
• Krížná
• Piesková
• Robotnícka
• Školská
• Štefana Majora
• Zoltána Fábryho
• Záhradnícka
• Úzka
• Sadová
• Nová

History[]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1221 as Fudemus. 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 Veľké Úľany 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.

Population[]

It has a population of about 4,500 people, in majority ethnic Hungarians.

References[]

External links[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• https://www.ulany.sk