Blatné Remety (, ) is a village and municipality in the Sobrance District in the Košice Region of east Slovakia.

History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1340. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Blatné Remety was part of Ung County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, it was for a short time part of the Slovak Republic. As a result of the Slovak–Hungarian War of 1939, it was again part of Hungary from 1939 to 1944. In the autumn of 1944, the Red Army entered Blatné Remety and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.

Geography

Population

It has a population of  people (31 December ).

Ethnicity

The vast majority of the municipality's population consists of the local Roma community. In 2019, they constituted an estimated 99% of the local population.Ábel Ravasz, Ľuboš Kovács and Filip Markovič, Atlas rómskych komunít 2019. Bratislava: Veda, 2020, , database appendix available at:https://www.institutmatejabela.sk/ark2019

Religion

Culture The village has a public library a gym and a football pitch.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"

Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1834–1895 (parish B) Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1797–1916 (parish B)

See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

External links Surnames of living people in Blatne Remety