Čechy, Nové Zámky District

Čechy (lit. 'Czech'; Hungarian: Komáromcsehi) is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1419 as Felsewchey, then in 1497 as Superior Chey. Later, it was referred to as Csehi, when in the end of the 19th century it was changed to Komáromcsehi. As part of Czechoslovakia, the name became Čechy.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 151 metres (495 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 11.84 km² (4.57 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 271 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 301 people by ethnicity 287 as Slovak, 9 as Hungarian, 4 as Czech, 4 as Not found out, 2 as Italian, 1 as Serbian and 1 as Russian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 301 people by religion 139 from None, 133 from Roman Catholic Church, 10 from Calvinist Church, 7 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 6 from Not found out, 3 from Other, 1 from Evangelical Church, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church and 1 from Buddhism.

The village has a small public library and football pitch.

• Andor Jaross

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

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1725-1895 (parish B)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1785-1896 (parish B)
• Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1815-1945 (parish B)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

• Surnames of living people in Cechy
• Čechy – Nové Zámky okolie