Paňa

Paňa () is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.

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Slovak place.name: Paňa
Slovak place.other_name: Nemespann
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Pana kostol.jpg
Slovak place.image_flag: Pana-nitra-flag.svg
Slovak place.image_shield: Coat of arms of Pana.png
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Nitra District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Paňa in the Nitra Region##Location of Paňa in Slovakia

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Paňa () is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1239 (in form Poonh). After the Mongolian invasion of Hungarian Kingdom in 1241 the next preserved written mention is from year 1285. From preserved written sources it's clear that the village was property of the archdiocese of Esztergom. The village was one of the villages of Sedes de Verebel et Sancti Georgii, where lived church nobility serving the archbishop.