Ťahanovce

CountrySlovakiaRegionKošiceDistrictKošice IVillage1263 (first known record)Borough1969Area • Total7.28 km² (2.81 sq mi)Elevation221 m (725 ft)Population • Total2,529 • Density350/km² (900/sq mi)Population by ethnicity (2011) • Slovak76.1% • Roma2.3% • Hungarian1% • Other0.7% • Unreported19.9%Population by religion (2011) • Roman Catholic57.8% • Greek Catholic3.2% • Lutheran1.4% • Calvinist0.4% • Orthodox0.4% • Other1.4% • Non-religious11.5% • Unreported23.9%Postal codeArea code+421-55Car plateKEWebsitewww.tahanovce.euSource ^[3]

Ťahanovce (Hungarian: Hernádtihany, pronounced [ˈhɛrnaːttihɒɲ]) is a borough (city ward) of the city of Košice, Slovakia.

The first written mention about Ťahanovce is dated back to 1263. It was an independent village until 1969 when it was connected with Košice. Ťahanovce is home to approximately 2,000 (prevailingly elder) people and it is closely connected with the city part Sídlisko Ťahanovce.

Some of the historical names of the village Ťahanovce

• 1263 - Latin: predium Tehan (according to name of person)
• 1293 - possesio Thehan
• 1355 - villa Techan
• 1399 - Thehaan
• 1773 - Slovak: Czahanowcze; Hungarian: Téhany
• 1786 - Slovak: Czahanowecz; Hungarian: Téhány
• 1808 - Slovak: Tahanowce; Hungarian: Tehány
• 1863, 1892 - Hungarian: Tihany
• 1873 - Hungarian: Tihány
• 1888 - Hungarian: Abaújtihány
• 1907, 1938 - Hungarian: Hernádtihany
• 1920, 1945 - Slovak: Ťahanovce

Statistics

• Area: 7.28 km² (2016)
• Population: 2 529 (31 December 2017)
• Density of population: 350/km² (December 2017)
• District: Košice I
• Mayor: Ing. Ján Nigut

Gallery

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  Saint Anne church erected in 1850
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  Saint John of Nepomuk´s chapel erected in 1913
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  Houses of Ťahanovce
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  Overall panorama of Ťahanovce and Sídlisko Ťahanovce

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