Šahy
Template:Redirect Template:Infobox settlement Šahy (Template:Langx, rarely Template:Langx) is a town in southern Slovakia, The town has an ethnic Hungarian majority and its population is 7,238 people (2018), with an average age of 42.5. The town was annexed to Czechoslovakia in 1920.
Geography
It is located at the eastern reaches of the Danubian Lowland on the river Ipeľ at the Hungarian border, on the E77 road from Budapest to Kraków. Besides the main settlement, it also has two "boroughs" of Preseľany nad Ipľom (Template:Convert west of centre, annexed 1980) and Tešmák (Template:Convert east of centre, annexed 1986). From 1980 to 1996 it also had now independent village of Hrkovce.
History
The first written mention is from 1237 in a document of King Béla IV under name Saag, when Martin Hont-Pázmány founded a Premonstratensian monastery there.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It got character of a small town in the 14th century. It was part of Ottoman Empire between 1541–1595 and 1605–1685 and was known as "Şefradi". It was also sanjak centre in Uyvar eyalet between 1663 and 1685. Before break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918/1920 and incorporation into Czechoslovakia, it was part of the Hont County, and was from 1806 its capital. It was part of Hungary from 1938 to 1945 as a result of the First Vienna Award.
Population
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According to the 2014 census, the town had 7,516 inhabitants. In 2001 62.21% of the inhabitants were Hungarians, 34.57% Slovaks, 0.56% Czech and 0.41 Roma.<ref name="statistics">Template:Cite web</ref> The religious makeup was 84.06% Roman Catholics, 6.87% people with no religious affiliation, and 3.46% Lutherans.<ref name="statistics"/>
Facilities
The town is home to the Hont Museum and Gallery of Ľudovít Simony.<ref name=hont>Template:Cite book</ref>
Twin towns – sister cities
Template:See also Šahy is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Héhalom, Hungary
- Template:Flagicon Vác, Hungary
- Template:Flagicon Veresegyház, Hungary
Notable people
- Ferdinand Daučík, football player and manager
- Branko Kubala, football player
- Ladislav Ballek, writer