Šoporňa

Šoporňa () is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

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Slovak place.name: Šoporňa
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Soporna - kostol 1.jpg
Slovak place.image_flag: Soporna-galanta-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Galanta District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Šoporňa in the Trnava Region##Location of Šoporňa in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date

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Šoporňa () is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1251, when it was called Supurni. The name is recorded as Soporny in 1411 and as Sopornok in 1420. The town became an autonomous settlement during the seventeenth century with local administrative work having its own seal. By the end of eighteenth century, it was a town with 295 houses and almost 2,000 inhabitants. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary.