Váhovce

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Váhovce, also known as Vága in Hungarian, is a village and municipality in Galanta District, Trnava Region, in southwest Slovakia. It sits at about 123 metres above sea level and covers around 16 square kilometres. As of 2024 its population is about 2,008 people. The village was first mentioned in 1259. In earlier centuries the area was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, and it belonged to Pozsony County before 1918. After World War I, Czechoslovakia took control; from 1938 to 1945 it again became part of Hungary under the First Vienna Award; after 1945 it was part of Czechoslovakia, and since the 1993 split of Czechoslovakia, it has been in Slovakia. The community is mainly Hungarian and Slovak.