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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Tornaľa
| native_name        =
| other_name         = Tornalja
| settlement_type    = Town
<!-- images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline      = Tornalja005.JPG
| image_caption      = Town hall
| image_flag         =
| image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Tornaľa.svg
| motto              =
| nickname           =
| etymology          =
<!-- location -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = Slovakia
| subdivision_type1  =
| subdivision_name1  =
| subdivision_type2  = Region
| subdivision_name2  = [[Banská Bystrica Region|Banská Bystrica]]
| subdivision_type3  = District
| subdivision_name3  = [[Revúca District|Revúca]]
| subdivision_type4  =
| subdivision_name4  =
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| image_map          =
| map_caption        =
| pushpin_map        = Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Tornaľa in the [[Banská Bystrica Region]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|48|25|20|N|20|19|49|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
<!-- government type, leaders -->
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Erika Győrfi
| leader_party       = [[HLAS-SD]]
[[Alliance (Slovak political party)|Szövetség-Aliancia]]
[[We Are Family (Slovakia)|Sme Rodina]]
<!-- established -->
| established_title  = First mentioned
| established_date   = 1245
<!-- area -->
| area_footnotes     =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7014rr/v_om7014rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Hustota obyvateľstva - obce |author=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) |date= |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 57.70
| area_total_sq_mi   =
| area_land_sq_mi    =
| area_water_sq_mi   =
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m        = 182<ref name="base_info">{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>
| elevation_ft       = 597<ref name="base_info"/>
| population_as_of   = {{Tooltip|2022|2022-12-31}}
| population_footnotes =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_DEM/om7101rr/v_om7101rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) |author=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk) |date= |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
| population_total   = 6791
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi =
| population_demonym =
<!-- time zone(s) -->
| timezone1          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1        = +1
| timezone1_DST      = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +2
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| postal_code_type   = Postal code
| postal_code        = 982 01<ref name="base_info"/>
| area_code_type     =
| area_code          = +421 47<ref name="base_info"/>
| geocode            =
| iso_code           =
| blank_name         = [[Slovak car registration plates|Car plate]]
| blank_info         = RA
<!-- website, footnotes -->
| website            = [http://www.mestotornala.sk www.mestotornala.sk]
| footnotes          =
|area_note= ({{Tooltip|2022|2022-06-31/2022-07-01}})
}}
'''Tornaľa''' (formerly ''Šafárikovo'', {{langx|hu|Tornalja}}) is a [[town]] and [[municipality]] in [[Revúca District]] in the [[Banská Bystrica Region]] of [[Slovakia]], with a population of approximately 7,000.
==History==
The first written record of the settlement dates back from 1245. The town was located in the Kingdom of Hungary until the second half of the 19th century. During the periods 1554 - 1593 and 1596 - 1686, ''Tornaľa'' was ruled by the [[Ottoman Empire]] as part of [[Filakovo|Filek]] sanjak with its centre in [[Rimavská Sobota|Rimaszombat]]). Before the establishment of independent [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1918, Tornaľa was part of [[Gömör and Kishont County]] within the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. From 1938 to 1944, it was again part of [[Hungary]] as a result of the [[First Vienna Award]]. On 19 December 1944, [[Red Army|Soviet]] troops of the [[2nd Ukrainian Front]] entered Tornaľa. It became part of Czechoslovakia once again.
==Geography==
Tornaľa lies at an altitude of {{convert|183|m|ft|0}} [[above mean sea level|above sea level]] and covers an area of {{convert|57.768|km2|sqmi|1}}.<ref name="statistics" /> It is located in the historical [[Gemer]] region and lies on the [[Sajó|Slaná]] river.
==Demographics==
{{historical population|1970|6436|1980|7021|1991|8185|2001|8169|2011|7509|2021|6971|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/cd33d897-7314-41d0-a12b-a95e537d7a39/Statisticky_lexikon_obci_Slovenskej_republiky_2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy&CVID=kRHTpsy|language=sk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2021 - Population - Basic results|url=https://www.scitanie.sk/obyvatelia/zakladne-vysledky/pocet-obyvatelov/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|date=2021-01-01}}</ref>}}According to the 2001 [[census]], the town had 8,169 inhabitants. 62.14% of inhabitants were [[Hungarians]], 29.77% [[Slovaks]], 6.70% [[Romani people|Roma]] and 0.50% [[Czech people|Czech]].<ref name="statistics">{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2008-02-01 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-01-11}}</ref> Religioun is made up of 49.37% [[Roman Catholics]], 17.03% people with no religious affiliation and 7.33% [[Lutherans]].<ref name="statistics"/>
==Notable people==
* [[Barna Basilides]] (1903–1967), Hungarian painter
==Twin towns — sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}}
Tornaľa is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Družobné mestá|url=http://www.mestotornala.sk/druzobne-mesta.phtml?id3=88014|website=mestotornala.sk|publisher=Tornaľa|language=sk|accessdate=2019-09-09}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Heves]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Putnok]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gmina Tarnów|Tarnów]], Poland
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Valea lui Mihai]], Romania
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.mestotornala.sk/ Official website] {{in lang|sk}}
{{Revúca District}}
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[[Category:Villages and municipalities in Revúca District]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia]]
[[Category:Municipalities in Slovakia where Hungarian is an official language]]
[[Category:Gemer (region)]]
[[Category:First Vienna Award]]
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