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Sekule

Village in Slovakia

48°36′N 17°00′E / 48.600°N 17.000°E / 48.600; 17.000CountrySlovakiaRegionTrnavaDistrictSenicaFirst mentioned1402Area

• Total23.49^[2] km² (9.07^[2] sq mi)Elevation

158^[3] m (518^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total1,738^[1]Time zoneCET (UTC+1) • Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)Postal code

908 80^[3]

Area code+421 34^[3]Car plateSEWebsitewww.obecsekule.sk

Sekule (Hungarian: Székelyfalva) is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.

Etymology

The name is derived from the ethnonym Székelys (Slovak: Sikuli), one of the tribes who guarded the frontier area.^[5]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1402.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 153 metres and covers an area of 23.492 km². It has a population of about 1,633 people.

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