Rumanová

Rumanová

Románfalva
Rumanová Románfalva
Municipality
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	Rumanová Location of Rumanová in the Nitra Region Rumanová Location of Rumanová in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 48°20′N 17°52′E / 48.33°N 17.87°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Nitra Region
District	Nitra District
First mentioned	1369
Area
• Total	11.66 km2 (4.50 sq mi)
Elevation	157 m (515 ft)
Population (2023)
• Total	857
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	951 37
Area code	+421 37
Car plate	NR
Website	www.rumanova.sk

Rumanová (Hungarian: Románfalva) is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.^[4]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1156 under the name Tomanová.

In 1994, a 4.3 kg H5 chondrite meteorite was discovered in a nearby grain field by Jozef Tehlár during a harvest.^[5] The majority of the meteorite is currently housed in the mineralogy collection of the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava.^[6] A local theatre company takes its name from the meteorite.^[7]

The village lies at an altitude of 160 meters and covers an area of 11.656 km². It has a population of 857 people.

The population is about 98% Slovak.

^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
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^ "Rumanová". The Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
^ Bališ, Milan (August 2007). Meteorit Rumanová (PDF) (in Slovak). Divadelná spoločnosť Meteorit Rumanová, občianske združenie. p. 23.
^ "Divadelná spoločnosť Meteorit Rumanová". Obec Rumanová. Retrieved 22 March 2025.