Hodejovec

Hodejovec Kerekgede
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Coordinates: 48°17′N 20°01′E / 48.28°N 20.02°E / 48.28; 20.02
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Rimavská Sobota District
First mentioned	1246
Area [1]
• Total	11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	205 m (673 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	157
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	980 02[3]
Area code	+421 47[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	RS
Website	www.hodejovec.sk

Hodejovec (Hungarian: Kerekgede) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 205 metres (673 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 11.32 km² (4.37 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1246 (Gede). It belonged to Hunt-Poznany, in the 15th century to Kaplaiy and Plóczi, and in the 16th century to Hajnáčka. From 1938 to 1945 it was annexed by Hungary.

It has a population of 157 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 172 people by ethnicity 90 as Hungarian, 87 as Slovak, 6 as Not found out, 3 as Czech and 1 as Romani.

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 they have permanent residence there (they 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 172 people by religion 114 from Roman Catholic Church, 46 from None, 5 from Not found out, 3 from Calvinist Church, 2 from Evangelical Church, 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia and 1 from Greek Catholic Church.

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

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1762-1897 (parish B)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.hodejovec.ou.sk/
• http://www.hodejovec.gemer.org/
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/hodejovec/hodejovec.html
• Surnames of living people in Hodejovec