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Cífer is a municipality (village) in the
Trnava District Trnava District ( sk, okres Trnava) is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. In its present borders the district was established in 1996. Before that date Hlohovec district was a part of it. It comprises the villages around the ...
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. It has a population of 3,941. Archaeological finds from the
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, and early Slavic period have been made in the village. The first written mention of the settlement dates from 1291. It received town status in the early 18th century, but it has lost it since then.


Prominent residents

* Marcel Gery, bronze medal-winner at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona * Eduard Mahler, Jewish Hungarian archaeologist * Ladislav Lučenič, Slovak musician


Partner village

* Prellenkirchen (
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See also

*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia.

External links


Official website of village

Official website of football club ŠK Cífer
Villages and municipalities in Trnava District Shtetls {{Trnava-geo-stub