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LastDodo number
8458915
Area
Pins and buttons
Title
GALANTA
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Country
Slowakije
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Dimensions
15 x 18 mm
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Galanta is a small town in Slovakia in the Trnava region. Galanta is also the name of the municipality, and it is part of the Galanta district. Galanta has 15,138 inhabitants (2011), of which 8,833 are Slovak and 4,623 Hungarian. Before the Second World War, the city was almost entirely Hungarian, but after 1945 half of the Hungarians were deported in the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange. The area around the city has become predominantly Slovak-speaking.
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Galanta is een kleine stad in Slowakijke in de regio Trnava. Galanta is ook de naam van de gemeente, en deze maakt deel uit van het district Galanta.
Galanta telt 15.138 inwoners (2011), waarvan 8833 Slowaaks en 4623 Hongaars. Voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog was de stad vrijwel geheel Hongaars, maar na 1945 is de helft van de Hongaren weggevoerd bij de Tsjechoslowaaks-Hongaarse bevolkingsruil. Het gebied rond de stad is overwegend Slowaakstalig geworden.
