Tahanovce
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Košice
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The first written mention about Ťahanovce is dated back to 1263. It was an independent village until 1969 when it was connected with Košice. Ťahanovce is home to approximately 2,000 (prevailingly elder) people and it is closely connected with the city part Sídlisko Ťahanovce
Sídlisko Tahanovce
Sídlisko Ťahanovce [pronunciation: 'seedlisko 'tyahano-utse], literally: Ťahanovce Housing Estate, is a city part of Košice, Slovakia.Construction of the microdistrict began in May 1985. Today there are more than 22,000 people living in Sídlisko Ťahanovce...
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Some of the historical names of the village Ťahanovce
- 1263 - Latin: predium Tehan (according to name of person)
- 1293 - possesio Thehan
- 1355 - villa Techan
- 1399 - Thehaan
- 1773 - SlovakSlovak languageSlovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
: Czahanowcze; ; hu: Téhány - 1808 - sk: Tahanowce; hu: Tehány
- 1863, 1892 - hu: Tihany
- 1873 - hu: Tihány
- 1888 - hu: Abaújtihány
- 1907, 1938 - hu: Hernádtihany
- 1920, 1945 - sk: Ťahanovce
Statistics
- Area: 8.4 km²
- Population: 1,797
- Density of population: 214/km²
- District: Košice I
- Mayor: Ing. Ján Nigut