Tornaľa

Tornaľa

Tornalja
Tornaľa Tornalja
Town
	Town hall
HLAS-SD Szövetség-Aliancia 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 from 1245. The town was located in the Kingdom of Hungary until the second half of the 19th century. During periods of 1554-1593 and 1596–1686 ruled by

Filek sanjak (Its centre was Rimaszombat). It was made part of Czechoslovakia, and remained as such except for a period of Hungarian rule between 1938 and 1945 due to the Vienna Awards

.

Geography

Tornaľa lies at an altitude of 183 metres (600 ft)

Gemer region and lies on the Slaná

river.

Demographics

According to the 2001

Lutherans.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Tornaľa is

twinned with:^[5]

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.
^ "Družobné mestá". mestotornala.sk (in Slovak). Tornaľa. Retrieved 2019-09-09.