Igram
Igram (Hungarian: Igrám) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region. It is located northeast of Senec, between the villages of Kaplna and Čataj. Currently, the village has around 550 inhabitants.
Igram | |
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Village | |
 Saint Imrich Church | |
  Igram Location of Igram in the Bratislava Region  Igram Igram (Slovakia) | |
| Coordinates: 48°17′00″N 17°28′00″E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Bratislava |
| District | Senec |
| First mentioned | 1244 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.304 km2 (3.206 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2005) | |
| • Total | 534 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 900 84 |
| Area code(s) | 421-33 |
| Car plate | SC |
| Website | www.igram.sk |
History
The first written reference to the town is from 1244. The Hungarian king Béla IV has mentioned the village, under the name Igrech, in a document in which he has established a new church district. The name, which is said to have been derived from "Igrici", an old Slavic word for musicians, has gone through several changes until it stabilized on the current Igram.
Between 1974 and 1990 the village was part of Báhoň.
Culture and entertainment
The village has a well known folk band, called Igramčan, established 1923. This band serves as the cornerstone for annual folk fest called Juniáles. In 1975, Igram founded its folk dance group, also called Igramčan. Both groups can be found on numerous municipal festivities, such as dances, Maypole building, Easter Monday and others.
The town also features a soccer team, which has been playing in the Slovak second-lowest Fifth division soccer league for the past several years.
Demographics
As of 2004, Igram had 539 inhabitants: 259 men and 280 women 99.6% were of Slovak ethnicity, and 92.5% were Roman Catholics. 2.1% were Evangelical Catholics, and 4.9% of inhabitants were atheist. Of the 188 houses 149 were permanently occupied.
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