Košúty

Košúty (Hungarian: Nemeskosút, until 1899 Kosút) is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

In the 9th century, the territory of Košúty became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1138. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Košúty once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 120 metres (390 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 14.72 km² (5.68 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 1940 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 1793 people by ethnicity 1077 as Slovak, 703 as Hungarian, 73 as Not found out, 15 as Czech, 6 as Romani, 3 as German, 2 as Jewish, 2 as Ukrainian, 2 as Russian, 2 as Other, 2 as Greek, 1 as Vietnamese, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as Romanian, 1 as Polish and 1 as Croatian.

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 1793 people by religion 1064 from Roman Catholic Church, 543 from None, 69 from Not found out, 41 from Evangelical Church, 25 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 13 from Greek Catholic Church, 10 from Apostolic Church, 6 from Calvinist Church, 4 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 4 from Other, 3 from United Methodist Church, 3 from Buddhism, 3 from Ad hoc movements, 2 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 2 from Jehovah's Witnesses and 1 from Old Catholic Church.

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

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1691-1920 (parish A)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1701-1896 (parish B)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia