Sokoľany is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Between 1961 and 1990, it was connected with its neighbouring village, Bočiar, forming the village of Hutníky.
History
Name The name likely comes from the word "sokol" (falcon), which is supported by documents as early as 1251 (villa Zocol). The village became Hungarianized and the name changed (e.g. Sokol, Zakul, Szakaly, Abaújszakaly).
Geography
The village lies in the south of the Košice basin on the Sokolianský potok. The cleared land is on the terrace plateau of the Hornád River, the western part on the alluvial cone of the Ida stream, deposited on Tertiary sediments.
The territory lies in a continental climate zone characterized as warm, moderately humid, with cold winters. Annual rainfall 600 mm, moisture deficit 284 mm. Soil type is brown earth on loess and loess loams.
Sokoliansky potok (brook) In the past it originated in Zlatá Idka, dividing Sokoľany into 2 sides, east and west (named Kis Szakaly and Nagy Szakaly on the cadastral map of 1869 (small and large Sokoľany) At that time it was much larger, in the meadow “Berek” south of the village it drove the Sokoliansky mill, and fed several manor ponds, which were owned by the local landowners. In 1868 was the mill dismantled and the ponds gradually dried up.
Government The village relies on the tax and district offices and fire brigade at Košice.
Transport The nearest railway station is located 1 kilometre away.
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html