What is the population of Sokoľany, Košice?

Sokoľany has a population of approximately 1,157 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Sokoľany, Košice located?

Sokoľany is located in Košice, Slovakia, at approximate coordinates 48.6094°, 21.2303°.

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Sokoľany

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Sokoľany

Total population

1,157

Founded

1268

Elevation213 m

Land area3.87 km²

Coordinates48.61°, 21.23°

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City facts

Founded

1268

Elevation

213 m

Area

3.87 km²

Official website

obecsokolany.sk

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Overview

Sokoľany is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Between 1961 and 1990, it was connected with its neighbouring village, Bočiar, forming the village of Hutníky.

History & geography

History

The name likely comes from the word "sokol" (falcon), which is supported by documents as early as 1251 (villa Zocol). The village became Hungarianized and the name changed (e.g. Sokol, Zakul, Szakaly, Abaújszakaly).

Geography

The village lies in the south of the Košice basin on the Sokolianský potok. The cleared land is on the terrace plateau of the Hornád River, the western part on the alluvial cone of the Ida stream, deposited on Tertiary sediments. The territory lies in a continental climate zone characterized as warm, moderately humid, with cold winters. Annual rainfall 600 mm, moisture deficit 284 mm. Soil type is brown earth on loess and loess loams. In the past it originated in Zlatá Idka, dividing Sokoľany into 2 sides, east and west (named Kis Szakaly and Nagy Szakaly on the cadastral map of 1869 (small and large Sokoľany) At that time it was much larger, in the meadow “Berek” south of the village it drove the Sokoliansky mill, and fed several manor ponds, which were owned by the local landowners. In 1868 was the mill dismantled and the ponds gradually dried up.

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