Solčany

Municipality in Nitra Region, Slovakia

Solčany Szolcsány
Municipality

48°32′N 17°54′E / 48.53°N 17.90°E / 48.53; 17.90
Country	Slovakia
Region	Nitra Region
District	Topoľčany District
First mentioned	1113
Area ^[1]
• Total	20.02 km² (7.73 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	175 m (574 ft)
Population (2021)^[3]
• Total	2,515
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	956 17^[2]
Area code	+421 38^[2]
Car plate	TO
Website	www.obecsolcany.sk

Solčany (Hungarian: Szolcsány) is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia.^[4] Solčany Village is the center of the municipality. In 2011 it had 2467 inhabitants.^[5] It has good shopping networks, small health centers, sport clubs and sport facilities. Solčany is also the birthplace of known footballers, Anton Ondruš and Anton Švajlen.^[6]

Notable people

Anton Ondruš, footballer
Anton Švajlen, footballer

References

^ "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 "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ "Solčany - Okres Topoľčany - E-OBCE.sk".
^ http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce-pohl-vek.pdf Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Anton Ondrus".