Bátorove Kosihy is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 in the Komárno District

Komárno District

Komárno District is a district inthe Nitra Region of western Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Komárom....

 in the Nitra Region

Nitra Region

The Nitra Region is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia.-Geography:This region with a long history is situated in the southwest of Slovakia, mostly in the eastern part of the Danubian Lowland. It is divided into two sub-units: the Danubian Flat in the south-west, with eastern part of the...

 of south-west Slovakia

Slovakia

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.

History

It was inhabited by the Avars as shown by an 8th century cemetery found by archeologists. The village was first recorded in 1156 by its Hungarian name as villa Kesceu. In the 16th century, it was became the estate of the Báthory-family

Báthory

The Báthory were a Hungarian noble family of the Gutkeled clan. The family rose to significant influence in Central Europe during the late Middle Ages, holding high military, administrative and ecclesiastical positions in the Kingdom of Hungary...

, which is reflected by its name.

Until the end of World War I

World War I

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, the village was part of Hungary

Hungary

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 and fell within the Párkány district of Esztergom

Esztergom

Esztergom , is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km north-west of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....

. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovakian troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon

Treaty of Trianon

The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary . The treaty greatly redefined and reduced Hungary's borders. From its borders before World War I, it lost 72% of its territory, which was reduced from to...

 of 1920, the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award

First Vienna Award

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 granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovakian administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Demography

In 1910, the village had 3144, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 3514 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population also as 3475. As of 2001, 83,38 per cent of its population was Hungarian

Hungarians in Slovakia

Hungarians in Slovakia are the largest ethnic minority of the country, numbering 520,528 people or 9.7% of population . They are concentrated mostly in the southern part of the country, near the border with Hungary...

 while 15,59 per cent was Slovakian.

Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 66.68% of the total population.

Facilities

The village has a public library

Library

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, a gym

Gym

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 and a football pitch

Association football pitch

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. It also has a DVD

DVD

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rental store.