Slovenská Kajňa

Slovenská Kajňa
Slovenská Kajňa
Municipality
	Holy Trinity's Church
	Slovenská Kajňa Location of Slovenská Kajňa in the Prešov Region Slovenská Kajňa Location of Slovenská Kajňa in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 48°58′00″N 21°45′00″E / 48.96667°N 21.75000°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Vranov nad Topľou
First mentioned	1323
Government
• Mayor	Marek Kačmár
Area
• Total	6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population (31 December 2012)
• Total	783
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	094 02
Area code	421-57
Car plate	VT
Website	www.slovenskakajna.sk

Slovenská Kajňa (Hungarian: Alsónyírjes, until 1899: Tót-Kajnya) is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 142 metres and covers an area of 6.729 km². It has a population of about 783 people.^[1]

Marcel Matanin is a former long-distance runner, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 81st and last place, clocking a total time of 2:50:26 hours. On 23 April 2006 Matanin won the Leipzig Marathon in 2:19:33 hours. Matanin was a former mayor of Slovenská Kajňa (from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2010).^[2] Currently he is a sporting director of the ČSOB Bratislava Marathon.^[3]
Tomáš Oslovič is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for Landesliga Bayern-Mitte club 1. FC Bad Kötzting in Germany. His former clubs were MFK Vranov nad Topľou, Czech 1. FC Karlovy Vary and German clubs SV Schwarzhofen e.V, SV Mitterteich.^[4]