Šintava

Šintava (Hungarian: Sempte) is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Šintava
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48.28°N 17.77°E / 48.28; 17.77
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava Region
District	Galanta District
First mentioned	1074
Area [1]
• Total	11.56 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	135 m (443 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,721
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	925 51[2]
Area code	+421 31[2]
Car plate	GA
Website	www.sintava.sk

History

Sintava Castle, one of the most significant castles in Slovakia

In historical records the village is first mentioned in 1042, when King Peter, the successor of Stephen I of Hungary, having been deposed from his throne united with German emperor Henry III to gain back his country. They launched campaign against King Samuel Aba who, in 1041, had been elected king by the aristocrats who had toppled King Peter. Peter and Henry conquered Pozsony (now: Bratislava) and the whole area of the river Vah, castles Šintava, Galgóc (now: Hlohovec), Bana and they reached up to river Hron.

A second written historical report comes from Vienna picture chronicle in 1074, mentioning Šintava castle as the place where overthrown King Salomon of Hungary, son of King Andrew, was given assistance by Emperor Henry IV of Germany. They fought for Salomon to regain his throne, which had been occupied by King Géza, who had his residence in Nitra. The chronicle shows: "And when the emperor came to the river Vah, Solomon rode on horseback with three formations from Šintava towards Nitra". The settlement had Hungarian majority in the 17th century according to the Turkish tax census.^[4]

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Šintava was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

Geography

The municipality lies at an elevation of 139 metres and covers an area of 11.565 km².

Population

Population statistic (10 years)^[5]

Year	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count	1608	1719	1750	1712
Difference		+6.90%	+1.80%	−2.17%

Population statistic^[5]

Year	2023	2024
Count	1717	1712
Difference		−0.29%

It has a population of 1712 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[7][8]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	1697	96.75%
Not found out	46	2.62%
Total	1754

In year 2021 was 1754 people by ethnicity 1697 as Slovak, 46 as Not found out, 14 as Hungarian, 6 as Czech, 4 as Other, 3 as German, 2 as Romani, 2 as Moravian, 2 as Croatian and 1 as Polish.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[9]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	1181	67.33%
None	458	26.11%
Not found out	54	3.08%
Evangelical Church	18	1.03%
Total	1754

In year 2021 was 1754 people by religion 1181 from Roman Catholic Church, 458 from None, 54 from Not found out, 18 from Evangelical Church, 9 from Greek Catholic Church, 8 from Other, 7 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 6 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 5 from Ad hoc movements, 4 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 3 from Paganism and natural spirituality and 1 from Calvinist Church.