Sokolovce

Sokolovce (Hungarian: Vágszakaly) is a village and municipality in Piešťany District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1293.

Sokolovce have a very rich history. In the past, they were the settlement of royal falconers. You will find here an old manor house dating back to 1705, as well as a baroque church dating from 1770. As part of the manor house there were built the wine cellars, which were the storage for the wine of the nobility of Austro-Hungarian monarchy, of descendants of the Thurz family. Since the microclimates of this wine cellar provide ideal conditions for ripening and storage of archive wines, after 1805 the estate passed into property gradually with several noblemen with business activities, who managed the wine business here until the 40s of the 20th century. Today, the cellar is used as a private wine cellar with a capacity of approximately 10,500 bottles. The capacity of the cellar can be increased to approximately three times, to approximately 31,500 bottles.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 154 metres (505 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 6.57 km² (2.54 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 1401 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 1368 people by ethnicity 1311 as Slovak, 48 as Not found out, 16 as Czech, 7 as Other, 6 as Russian, 5 as Polish, 3 as Hungarian, 2 as Romani, 2 as German and 2 as Canadian.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 1368 people by religion 868 from Roman Catholic Church, 369 from None, 49 from Not found out, 31 from Evangelical Church, 12 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 11 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 6 from Greek Catholic Church, 5 from Other, 4 from Calvinist Church, 4 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Old Catholic Church and 1 from Other and not ascertained christian church.