Somotor
| Somotor (Szomotor) | |
| village | |
 Protestant church in the village | |
| Country | Slovakia |
|---|---|
| Region | Kosice |
| District | Trebišov |
| Tourism region | Zemplín |
| River | Bodrog |
| Coordinates | SK 48°24′00″N 21°48′30″E / 48.40000°N 21.80833°ECoordinates: SK 48°24′00″N 21°48′30″E / 48.40000°N 21.80833°E |
| Area | 16.31 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,661 (2006) |
| Density | 102 / km2 (264 / sq mi) |
| First mentioned | 1214 |
| Mayor | Ján Juhász |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 076 35 |
| Phone prefix | 056 |
| Car plate | KS |
   Location of Somotor in Slovakia
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  Location of Somotor in the Košice Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Somotor | |
| Website: www.somotor.sk | |
Somotor (Hungarian: Szomotor) is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 109 metres and covers an area of 16.309 km². It has a population of about 1665 people.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1214.
A Jewish community has existed in this town prior to World War II, which was destroyed in 1944 by Nazi Germany. A Jewish cemetery exists in this town (the name of the town is spelled in Hebrew: סאמאטאר or סאמאטער). Somotor has a large contingent of the ethnically-Hungarian Szeman family which emigrated to Somotor from Bodrogszentmária in the mid-to-late 18th century.
Ethnicity
The village is roughly 70% Hungarian and 28% Slovak and 2% Gypsy.
Facilities
The village has a public library a gym and a football pitch
