History
Historically, the village was first mentioned in 1220 as a settlement called Felnemet. Being on the Hungarian Queen’s land at the lower stream of the River Hornád, the territory of Kechnec was settled by German immigrants at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. We know that from the Varadin’s Register of 1220. In 1295 the Queen Agnes gave the town of Kechnec, together with another 7 small towns to Menne, a surrogate breastfeeder of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. An old document dated to 1338 says that in this town there was a mill, located near the present town of Seňa, which was preserved to the modern times. This documents active work and life of local farmers. The King Sigmund, another major player in the history of the town, gave Kechnec to the Marmoss administrator Peter of Perin. It was a gift for his loyalty and military merits. This fact documents the importance of Kechnec at that time. The donation and merit document is interesting due to its bilingual name – Felnemethy alio domine Kemnech. Although already before the time of arrival of German colonists the town of Kechnec had had its own Slavic name, which the Germans adopted, it also got its official Hungarian name Felnémeti. In 1560 the town was named Kenyhecz Nempty, in 1605 Kenyhecz, in 1808 Kechnec, and the last mentioned name has been preserved until now. According to the conscriptions of local priests and churches, in 1746 people in Kechnec spoke Slovak. A number of major landowners were resident in the town, from among which it is worth to mention the Kenyheczi and Czikovics families. János Czikovics obtained Kechnec from King Leopold I in 1689 in Vienna.
Population
Population statistic (10 years) [4] | Year | 1994 | 2004 | 2014 | 2024 |
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| Count | 841 | 961 | 1172 | 1142 |
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| Difference | | +14.26% | +21.95% | −2.55% |
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Population statistic [4] | Year | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Count | 1140 | 1142 |
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| Difference | | +0.17% |
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It has a population of 1142 people (31 December 2024). [5]
Ethnicity
In year 2021 was 1137 people by ethnicity 990 as Slovak, 170 as Hungarian, 30 as Not found out, 16 as Romani, 7 as Other, 4 as Russian, 3 as Rusyn, 2 as Ukrainian and 1 as German.
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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 he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city. |
Religion
In year 2021 was 1137 people by religion 780 from Roman Catholic Church, 113 from None, 109 from Calvinist Church, 66 from Greek Catholic Church, 31 from Not found out, 30 from Evangelical Church, 2 from Ad hoc movements, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1 from Hinduism, 1 from United Methodist Church and 1 from Baptists Church.
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