Zohor

Zohor is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava Region.

Zohor
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48.33°N 16.99°E / 48.33; 16.99
Country	Slovakia
Region	Bratislava Region
District	Malacky District
First mentioned	1314
Area [1]
• Total	21.12 km2 (8.15 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	146 m (479 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	3,679
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	900 51[2]
Area code	+421 2[2]
Car plate	MA
Website	www.obeczohor.sk

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 146 metres (479 ft)^[2] and covers an area of 21.12 km² (8.15 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1314 as Sahur.^{[citation needed]}

Population

Population statistic (10 years)^[5]

Year	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count	2994	3232	3264	3774
Difference		+7.94%	+0.99%	+15.62%

Population statistic^[5]

Year	2023	2024
Count	3706	3774
Difference		+1.83%

It has a population of 3774 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[7][8]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	3169	91.9%
Not found out	242	7.01%
Total	3448

In year 2021 was 3448 people by ethnicity 3169 as Slovak, 242 as Not found out, 29 as Czech, 28 as Romani, 10 as Hungarian, 10 as Other, 8 as Ukrainian, 7 as Rusyn, 7 as German, 4 as Russian, 3 as Polish, 2 as Italian, 2 as Serbian, 2 as Moravian, 2 as Albanian, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Austrian, 1 as French and 1 as Croatian.

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	2275	65.98%
None	805	23.35%
Not found out	249	7.22%
Evangelical Church	36	1.04%
Total	3448

In year 2021 was 3448 people by religion 2275 from Roman Catholic Church, 805 from None, 249 from Not found out, 36 from Evangelical Church, 20 from Greek Catholic Church, 12 from Ad hoc movements, 10 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 8 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 6 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 5 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 4 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 4 from Islam, 4 from Buddhism, 3 from Calvinist Church, 3 from Other, 2 from Church of the Brethren, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sport

FC Zohor are a football team that play at the Štadión FC Zohor on Požiarnická 395/6. The site previously held motorcycle speedway and was chosen to host a final round of the Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship from 1977 to 1980.^[10]

Famous people

• Vanessa Aleksander, Polish actress, maternal grandparents live in Zohor
• Albín Brunovský (1935–2007), Slovak painter, born in Zohor
• Pavol Zelenay (1928–2024), Slovak musician, born in Zohor