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Šoporňa
Šoporňa
Village
	Church in Šoporňa
	Šoporňa Location of Šoporňa in the Trnava Region Šoporňa Šoporňa (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 48°15′N 17°49′E / 48.250°N 17.817°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Galanta
First mentioned	1251
Area
• Total	31.39 km2 (12.12 sq mi)
Elevation	122 m (400 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	4,113
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	925 52
Area code	+421 31
Car plate	GA
Website	www.soporna.sk

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

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1251, when it was called Supurni. The name is recorded as Soporny in 1411 and as Sopornok in 1420. The town became an autonomous settlement during the seventeenth century with local administrative work having its own seal. By the end of eighteenth century, it was a town with 295 houses and almost 2,000 inhabitants. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

Geography

The municipality lies at an elevation of 129 metres and covers an area of 31.394 km². It has a population of around 4,200 people.

Street names

Šaľská
Sereďská
Nitrianska
Československej armády
Jana Amosa Komenského
Argentínska
Družstevná
Nábrežná
Novozámocká
Slnečná
Fučíkova
Mlynská
Lesná
Vážska
Poštová
Červenej armády
Mládežnícka
Dukelská
Krásna
Kapitána Nálepku
Gottwaldova
Mierová
Fazuľová
Vladimíra Iľjiča Lenina
Nešporova
Kollárova
Krátka
Budovateľská
Gagarinova
Stromová

Architectural monument

The chapel of St. Anna is an architectural monument in Soporna. The chapel was built in 1750. Reconstruction of the building has occurred to keep it in good condition.

References

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.