Somotor
Somotor (Szomotor) | |
village | |
Protestant church in the village | |
Country | Slovakia |
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Region | Kosice |
District | Trebišov |
Tourism region | Zemplín |
River | Bodrog |
Coordinates | SK 48°24′00″N 21°48′30″E / 48.40000°N 21.80833°ECoordinates: SK 48°24′00″N 21°48′30″E / 48.40000°N 21.80833°E |
Area | 16.31 km2 (6 sq mi) |
Population | 1,661 (2006) |
Density | 102/km2 (264/sq mi) |
First mentioned | 1214 |
Mayor | Ján Juhász |
Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
- summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 076 35 |
Phone prefix | 056 |
Car plate | KS |
![]() ![]() ![]() Location of Somotor in Slovakia | |
![]() ![]() ![]() Location of Somotor in the Košice Region | |
Wikimedia Commons: Somotor | |
Website: www.somotor.sk | |
Somotor (Hungarian: Szomotor) is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 109 metres and covers an area of 16.309 km². It has a population of about 1665 people.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1214.
A Jewish community has existed in this town prior to World War II, which was destroyed in 1944 by Nazi Germany. A Jewish cemetery exists in this town (the name of the town is spelled in Hebrew: סאמאטאר or סאמאטער). Somotor has a large contingent of the ethnically-Hungarian Szeman family which emigrated to Somotor from Bodrogszentmária in the mid-to-late 18th century.
Ethnicity
The village is roughly 70% Hungarian and 28% Slovak and 2% Gypsy.
Facilities
The village has a public library a gym and a football pitch