Kráľovský Chlmec

Kráľovský Chlmec (until 1948 Kráľovský Chlumec, Hungarian: Királyhelmec) is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. As of 2005, it had a population of 7,938. The town was first mentioned in 1214 as Helmech. After break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918, the town became part of Czechoslovakia, confirmed by Treaty of Trianon in 1920. It belonged again to Hungary from 1938 to 1945 as a result of the First Vienna Award. Kráľovský Chlmec lies at an altitude of 130 metres (427 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 23.08 square kilometres (8.9 sq mi). It is located in the southern part of the Eastern Slovak Lowland, only around 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Hungarian and 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of...