Cakov is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the Rimavská Sobota District

Rimavská Sobota District

Rimavská Sobota District is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Gemer a Malohont, apart from Konrádovce in the south-west which was part of the county of...

 of the Banská Bystrica Region

Banská Bystrica Region

The Banská Bystrica Region is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe.-Geography:It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km². The region is prevailingly mountains, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras...

 of southern Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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History

The village arose in the 13th century. It was first mentioned in 1395 (Chakofalua) when it belonged to the Széchy family. From the 17th century it was the property of Muráň

Murán

Muráň is a village and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.-Geography:The village is located around 9 km north of Revúca, in the Muráň river valley. The Muráň Plateau is located north and west of the village, with the governing body of the Muránska planina...

. In 1576 and 1583 it was pillaged by the Turks

Ottoman Empire

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. From 1938 to 1944 it belonged to Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 under the First Vienna Award

First Vienna Award

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Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 170 metres and covers an area of 4.294km². It has a population of 278 people.

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.cakov.ou.sk/
• http://www.cakov.gemer.org/
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/cakov/cakov.html