Slovenská Kajňa | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Holy Trinity's Church | |
  Slovenská Kajňa Location of Slovenská Kajňa in the Prešov Region  Slovenská Kajňa Location of Slovenská Kajňa in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 48°58′00″N 21°45′00″E / 48.96667°N 21.75000°E | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Region | Prešov |
| District | Vranov nad Topľou |
| First mentioned | 1323 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marek Kačmár |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2012) | |
| • Total | 783 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 094 02 |
| Area code | 421-57 |
| Car plate | VT |
| Website | www |
Slovenská Kajňa (Hungarian: Alsónyírjes, until 1899: Tót-Kajnya) is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.
History[edit]
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323.
Geography[edit]
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]
Notable people[edit]
- 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]
External links[edit]
Media related to Slovenská Kajňa at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
References[edit]
- ^ Slovenská Kajňa Demografia (31.12.2012) Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine 31.12.2012, statistics.sk/
- ^ Obec Slovenská Kajňa - Voľby a politika v obci 27.09.2013, naseobce.sk
- ^ ČSOB Bratislava Marathon má nového športového riaditeľa 31.01.2012, http://m.webnoviny.sk/
- ^ Tomas Oslovic 28.09.2013, fupa.net/
