Šamorín
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Šamorín (; , ) is a small town in western Slovakia, southeast of Bratislava.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Šamorín
- Slovak place.other_name
- Somorja
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Šamorín 03 02.jpg
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Samorin-dunajska streda-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Šamorín.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Dunajská Streda District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Šamorín in the Trnava Region##Location of Šamorín in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Krisztián Muska
- Slovak place.leader_party
- MOST-HID
- Slovak place.leader_title2
- Vice Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name2
- Ádám Nagy
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Named after
- Mary
- Official name
- Šamorín
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Dunajská Streda District
- Population
- 13622
- Area
- 44.348099
- Elevation
- 125
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Danube
- Official website
- www.samorin.sk
- Image
- Šamorín 03 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 031
- Licence plate code
- DS
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- twinned administrative body
- Gheorgheni
- Commons category
- Šamorín
- postal code
- 931 01
- topic's main category
- Category:Šamorín
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- time of earliest written record
- 1287-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Šamorín
- inception
- 1287-00-00
- native label
- Somorja
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Demography
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Landmarks
- Municipal division
- Historically incorporated villages
- Notable people
- Twin towns — sister cities
- References
- External links
Šamorín (; , ) is a small town in western Slovakia, southeast of Bratislava.
==Etymology== The name is derived from a patron saint of a local church Sancta Maria, mentioned for the first time as (1285). Today's name is an adaptation of the original name: Zent Maria – Samaria – Somoria – Šamorín.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Šamorín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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