Sekule

Sekule
Sekule
Village
	Sekule Location of Sekule in the Trnava Region Sekule Sekule (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 48°36′N 17°00′E / 48.600°N 17.000°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Senica
First mentioned	1402
Area
• Total	23.49 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Elevation	158 m (518 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,738
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	908 80
Area code	+421 34
Car plate	SE
Website	www.obecsekule.sk

Sekule (Hungarian: Székelyfalva) is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.

Etymology

The name is derived from the ethnonym Székelys (Slovak: Sikuli), one of the tribes who guarded the frontier area.^[5]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1402.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 153 metres and covers an area of 23.492 km². It has a population of about 1,633 people.

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^ ^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.
^ Závodný, Andrej (2007). "O názvoch riek a potokov na Záhorí" [About the river and creek names in Záhorie]. Záhorie (in Slovak) (1). SKalica: Záhorské múzeum v Skalici. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10.

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