Kostolné Kračany Egyházkarcsa
Municipality
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Coordinates: 47°59′N 17°35′E / 47.98°N 17.58°E / 47.98; 17.58
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava Region
District	Dunajská Streda District
First mentioned	1215
Government
• Mayor	László Gódány (Most-Híd, Party of the Hungarian Coalition)
Area [1]
• Total	13.91 km2 (5.37 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	116 m (381 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	1,494
Ethnicity [4]
• Hungarians	92.77%
• Slovaks	5.51%
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	930 03[3]
Area code	+421 31[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	DS
Website	www.kostolnekracany.sk

Kostolné Kračany (Hungarian: Egyházkarcsa, pronounced [ˈɛɟhaːzkɒrtʃɒ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

The village also administers 5 other villages:

The municipality lies at an altitude of 116 metres (381 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 13.91 km² (5.37 sq mi) (2024).^[5]

In the 11th century, the territory of Kostolné Kračany became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1215 as Corcha. Its first church was consecrated to Saint Bartholomew before 1249. However, the settlement is considered to originate from the era of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin as the structure of the village reflects the ecclesiastical system as organised by King St Stephen of Hungary. The king ordered that all 10 villages must build a church, the villages named Karcha build the church in this village whose name in Hungarian means Church Karcha.

In the 14th century, it consisted of the following villages: Egyházaskarcha (1351), Remegkarcha (1355), Diákkarcha (1357), Barthalkarcha (1377) Lászlókarcha (1377) és Lucakarcha (1467). In 1561, the people of the village converted to the Protestant Reformed church, and only in 1729 was the Catholic congregation re-established. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the village was under the patronage of the Somogyi family. The population, 62 in 1840, grew to 80 by 1910. Ethnically, the population was predominantly Hungarian. Until the Treaty of Trianon, it was part of Pozsony county.

It has a population of 1494 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 1419 people by ethnicity 1261 as Hungarian, 172 as Slovak, 38 as Not found out, 6 as Czech, 4 as Rusyn, 3 as Romanian, 1 as Ukrainian, 1 as German, 1 as Other and 1 as Bulgarian.

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 1419 people by religion 1115 from Roman Catholic Church, 210 from None, 37 from Calvinist Church, 16 from Evangelical Church, 15 from Not found out, 14 from Greek Catholic Church, 6 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 2 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 2 from Other, 1 from Jewish community and 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality.

According to the 2001 census, its total population was 1162, including 1078 ethnic Hungarians (92,77%) and 64 ethnic Slovaks (5,51%). As of December 31, 2008 the estimated resident population was 1293.^[11]

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1673-1935 (parish A)

• Slovakian Statistical Bureau
• Surnames of living people in Kostolne Kracany