Veľká Paka (, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
Component villages In SlovakIn Hungarian Veľká Paka NagypakaČukárska PakaCsukárpakaMalá PakaKispaka
Geography
History In the 9th century, the territory of Veľká Paka became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The village was first recorded in 1205 as Paka. Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. The present-day municipality was formed in 1940 by unifying the three component villages. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1945.
Sepulchral artefacts were found in Veľká Paka from the Bronze Age.
Landmarks The village has a modern cultural house and a motel.
An important sacral historical building is the Church of St. Ladislaus. It is a Roman Catholic church, built from 1317 to 1678.
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
At the census 2011 has village 879 people: 473 (54%) Slovaks, 335 (38%) Hungarians and 71 (8%) others nationality. In 1910, the village had 322, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. At the 2001 Census the recorded population was 676, at the 2008 811 people. 42.31 % is Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 74.26% of the total population.
Sports The village has a football club, named Druzstievnik F.C. Veľká Paka which has an A team and a Junior Team. It plays in the 7. league of the western-Slovak football Association (ZSFZ).
References
External links Pension with pond. Local news selection at www.parameter.hu