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Tornaľa

Tornalja
Tornaľa Tornalja
Town
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Tornaľa Location of Tornaľa in the Banská Bystrica Region Tornaľa Tornaľa (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 48°25′20″N 20°19′49″E / 48.42222°N 20.33028°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Revúca
First mentioned	1245
Government
• Mayor	Erika Győrfi (HLAS-SD Szövetség-Aliancia Sme Rodina)
Area
• Total	57.70 km2 (22.28 sq mi)
	(2022)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	6,791
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	982 01
Area code	+421 47
Car plate	RA
Website	www.mestotornala.sk

Tornaľa (formerly Šafárikovo, Hungarian: Tornalja) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia, with a population of approximately 7,000.

History

The first written record of the settlement dates back from 1245. The town was located in the Kingdom of Hungary until the second half of the 19th century. During the periods 1554 - 1593 and 1596 - 1686, Tornaľa was ruled by the Ottoman Empire as part of Filek sanjak with its centre in Rimaszombat). Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Tornaľa was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1938 to 1944, it was again part of Hungary as a result of the First Vienna Award. On 19 December 1944, Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front entered Tornaľa. It became part of Czechoslovakia once again.

Geography

Tornaľa lies at an altitude of 183 metres (600 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 57.768 square kilometres (22.3 sq mi).^[4] It is located in the historical Gemer region and lies on the Slaná river.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1970	6,436	—
1980	7,021	+9.1%
1991	8,185	+16.6%
2001	8,169	−0.2%
2011	7,509	−8.1%
2021	6,971	−7.2%
Source: Censuses^[5]^[6]

According to the 2001 census, the town had 8,169 inhabitants. 62.14% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 29.77% Slovaks, 6.70% Roma and 0.50% Czech.^[4] Religioun is made up of 49.37% Roman Catholics, 17.03% people with no religious affiliation and 7.33% Lutherans.^[4]

Notable people

Barna Basilides (1903–1967), Hungarian painter

Twin towns — sister cities

Tornaľa is twinned with:^[7]

Heves, Hungary
Putnok, Hungary
Tarnów, Poland
Valea lui Mihai, Romania

References

^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
^ "Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011" (PDF) (in Slovak).
^ "Census 2021 - Population - Basic results". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2021-01-01.
^ "Družobné mestá". mestotornala.sk (in Slovak). Tornaľa. Retrieved 2019-09-09.