Margecany

Margecany (Hungarian: Margitfalva, German: Margareten) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.^[4] Total municipality population was, in 2011, 1964 inhabitants.^[5] Margecany is a very important railway junction situated on the main railway corridor (Košice–Bohumín Railway) connecting Košice with Žilina and Bratislava. Ružín reservoir regulates rivers Hornád and Hnilec. Technical attraction is the Bujanov tunnel.

Margecany Margitfalva
Municipality
Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch
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Coordinates: 48.87°N 21.07°E / 48.87; 21.07
Country	Slovakia
Region	Košice Region
District	Gelnica District
First mentioned	1235
Area [1]
• Total	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	336 m (1,102 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,858
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	550 1[2]
Area code	+421 53[2]
Car plate	GL
Website	www.margecany.sk

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 336 metres (1,102 ft)^[2] and covers an area of 17.61 km² (6.80 sq mi) (2024).^[6]

Population

Population statistic (10 years)^[7]

Year	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count	2063	2020	1940	1833
Difference		−2.08%	−3.96%	−5.51%

Population statistic^[7]

Year	2023	2024
Count	1850	1833
Difference		−0.91%

It has a population of 1833 people (31 December 2024).^[8]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[9][10]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	1846	98.4%
Not found out	31	1.65%
Total	1876

In year 2021 was 1876 people by ethnicity 1846 as Slovak, 31 as Not found out, 9 as Czech, 8 as Rusyn, 5 as Other, 3 as Romani, 2 as Hungarian, 1 as Irish, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as Italian, 1 as German and 1 as Greek.

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+ %)^[11]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	1423	75.85%
None	295	15.72%
Greek Catholic Church	50	2.67%
Not found out	42	2.24%
Evangelical Church	24	1.28%
Total	1876

In year 2021 was 1876 people by religion 1423 from Roman Catholic Church, 295 from None, 50 from Greek Catholic Church, 42 from Not found out, 24 from Evangelical Church, 13 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 5 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 5 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 5 from Ad hoc movements, 4 from Other, 3 from Calvinist Church, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Islam, 1 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church and 1 from Buddhism.

See also

• Bujanov Tunnel