Báb () is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.
History The village was created in 1955 from the merger of two formerly independent villages, Malý Báb and Velký Báb. Veľký Báb was first mentioned in historical records in 1156 and Malý Báb in 1365. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, the two villages were part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, they were part of the Slovak Republic.
Geography
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
Facilities 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 in Bratislava () and the state archive in Nitra ().
Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1734-1896 (parish: B) Census records 1869 of Báb are not available at the state archive.
See also List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Surnames of living people in Bab