Galanta District

Galanta District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Trnava Region
Area
• Total	641 km2 (247 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	94,533
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Galanta District (okres Galanta) is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.^[1] The district lies on the lowland area. Through the district area flows river Váh and its level is regulated by dam in Kráľová nad Váhom.

Historically the economy of the district area had relied on agriculture, now the production of white goods is of utmost importance. The district center is its largest town Galanta and there are 36 municipalities, in three of them are towns.

The Hungarian composer, Zoltán Kodály, spent most of his childhood in Galanta and composed the Dances of Galánta (1933, for orchestra) based on the folk music of this region.

Galanta District (2020)

Municipality	Area (km2)[2]	Population[3][4]
Abrahám	15.77	1,050 ()
Čierna Voda	12.14	1,408 ()
Čierny Brod	17.69	1,657 ()
Dolná Streda	13.46	1,661 ()
Dolné Saliby	18.68	1,991 ()
Dolný Chotár	13.88	375 ()
Galanta	3.59	494 ()
Gáň	6.17	864 ()
Horné Saliby	34.83	3,262 ()
Hoste	4.48	446 ()
Jánovce	3.59	494 ()
Jelka	32.65	3,946 ()
Kajal	13.82	1,552 ()
Košúty	14.72	1,794 ()
Kráľov Brod	23.66	1,077 ()
Malá Mača	7.97	580 ()
Matúškovo	11.95	2,259 ()
Mostová	25.15	1,573 ()
Pata	17.54	3,198 ()
Pusté Sady	8.03	600 ()
Pusté Úľany	24.54	1,808 ()
Sereď	30.45	15,326 ()
Sládkovičovo	29.09	5,180 ()
Šalgočka	4.74	470 ()
Šintava	11.56	1,734 ()
Šoporňa	31.39	4,143 ()
Tomášikovo	21.13	1,690 ()
Topoľnica	10.47	792 ()
Trstice	20.26	3,796 ()
Váhovce	15.97	2,094 ()
Veľká Mača	14.81	2,540 ()
Veľké Úľany	41.85	4,722 ()
Veľký Grob	23.54	1,388 ()
Vinohrady nad Váhom	10.7	1,629 ()
Vozokany	12.89	1,161 ()
Zemianske Sady	8.05	859 ()

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