municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
and village in the
Nové Zámky District
Nové Zámky District (''okres Nové Zámky'') is a district in
the Nitra Region of western Slovakia.
Until 1918, the area of the district was split between several county of Kingdom of Hungary: the largest area in the north formed part of Nitr ...
of the south-west of
Slovakia
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, in the
Nitra Region
The Nitra Region ( sk, Nitriansky kraj, ; hu, Nyitrai kerület) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. It consists of seven districts ( sk, okres) and 354 ...
village
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lies in the
Danubian Lowland
::''The Serbian lowland is treated under Danube Plain (Serbia)''
The Danubian Lowland or Danube Lowland () is the name of the part of Little Alföld (Slovak: ''Malá dunajská kotlina'') situated in Slovakia, located between the Danube, the Little ...
at an
altitude
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of 113 metres and covers an
area
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of . It has a
population
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The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1792-1895
* Census records 1869 of Andovce are available at the state archive.