Hodoš
Encyclopedia
Hodoš is a town and a municipality in Slovenia
. It is part of the Prekmurje
region. Both Slovene and Hungarian
are official languages in the municipality.
The municipality comprises 2 villages:
Hodoš is one of the two municipalities in Slovenia where ethnic Slovenes are a minority (the other is Dobrovnik
). The majority of the population is Lutheran.
The Lutheran priest, teacher and writer János Kardos
lived and worked in Hodoš.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It is part of the Prekmurje
Prekmurje
Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...
region. Both Slovene and Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
are official languages in the municipality.
The municipality comprises 2 villages:
- 1. Hodoš (Hodos)
- 2. KrplivnikKrplivnikKrplivnik is a village on the right bank of the Velika Krka river in the Hodoš Municipality in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It is separated into two settlements, Veliki Krplivnik in the west and Mali Krplivnik to the east, right on the border with Hungary.- External links :*...
(Kapornak)
Hodoš is one of the two municipalities in Slovenia where ethnic Slovenes are a minority (the other is Dobrovnik
Dobrovnik
Dobrovnik is a village and a municipality in Slovenia. It is located in the Prekmurje region. It has a significant Hungarian ethnic community that outnumbers the Slovenes. In fact, Dobrovnik is one of the two municipalities in Slovenia where ethnic Slovenes form a minority of the population, the...
). The majority of the population is Lutheran.
The Lutheran priest, teacher and writer János Kardos
János Kardos
János Kardos, also known in Slovene as Janoš Kardoš was a Hungarian Slovenian Evangelic priest, teacher and writer....
lived and worked in Hodoš.
Demographics
Population by mother tongue, census 2002- HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
190 (53.37%) - Slovene 144 (40.45%)
- Others and Unknown 22 (6.18%)
- Total 356