Čierna (; ) is a village and municipality in the
Trebišov District
Trebišov District (, ; ) is a Districts of Slovakia, district in
the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian county of Zemplén County, Ze ...
in the
Košice Region
The Košice Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which ...
of south-eastern
Slovakia
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.
Name
The village's name comes from the Hungarian personal name ''Csernő'', or archaically, ''Cserna''. The ''Ág-'' prefix is in memory of Agh, a local landowner mentioned in a 1270 record, where the village is called ''Chernafewld''. The Slovak version of the name was created in 1948.
History
In
historical records the village was first mentioned in 1214.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 101 metres and covers an area of 4.244 km².
It has a population of 415 people.
Ethnicity
The village is about 90%
Hungarian, 8%
Slovak and 2%
Roma in ethnic origin.
Facilities
The village has a public library and a
football pitch
A football pitch or soccer field is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play". The pitch is ty ...
.
References
External links
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Trebišov District
Zemplín (region)
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