Šoporňa
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°15′N 17°49′E / 48.25°N 17.82°E / 48.25; 17.82
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava Region
District	Galanta District
First mentioned	1251
Area [1]
• Total	31.39 km2 (12.12 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	122 m (400 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	4,032
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	925 52[3]
Area code	+421 31[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	GA
Website	www.soporna.sk

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

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.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 122 metres (400 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 31.39 km² (12.12 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

• Argentínska
• Budovateľská
• Červenej armády
• Československej armády
• Družstevná
• Dukelská
• Fazuľová
• Fučíkova
• Gagarinova
• Gottwaldova
• Jana Amosa Komenského
• Kapitána Nálepku
• Kollárova
• Krásna
• Krátka
• Lesná
• Mierová
• Mládežnícka
• Mlynská
• Nábrežná
• Nešporova
• Nitrianska
• Novozámocká
• Poštová
• Sereďská
• Slnečná
• Stromová
• Šaľská
• Vážska
• Vladimíra Iľjiča Lenina

It has a population of 4032 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 4081 people by ethnicity 3814 as Slovak, 237 as Not found out, 28 as Hungarian, 27 as Czech, 11 as Romani, 10 as Russian, 4 as Serbian, 4 as Other, 3 as Rusyn, 3 as Romanian, 2 as Vietnamese, 2 as Polish, 2 as Moravian, 2 as English, 1 as Jewish and 1 as Croatian.

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 4081 people by religion 2634 from Roman Catholic Church, 1097 from None, 233 from Not found out, 22 from Greek Catholic Church, 20 from Evangelical Church, 18 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 15 from Ad hoc movements, 12 from Other, 8 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 5 from Calvinist Church, 4 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 3 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 3 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 3 from Buddhism, 2 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Jewish community and 1 from Apostolic Church.

The chapel of St. Anna is an architectural monument in Soporna. The chapel was built in 1750. Reconstruction of the building has occurred to keep it in good condition.

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

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