Perín-Chym is a municipality

Municipality

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 (village) in eastern Slovakia

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 near the town of Košice

Košice

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It arose in 1964 by a merger of the municipalities Perín (first written mention 1220; before 1927 called Perina) and Chym (first written mention 1294; also called Him in some periods in the past). The municipality Vyšný Lanec was merged with Perín-Chym in 1991.

The village Perín gave name to the Lords of Perín (Perényi), a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

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, whose oldest known member Urban was granted the domain of Perín in 1292.

Today the municipality is well-known thanks to pond

Pond

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s and fishery

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Some of the historical names of "Perín"

• 1220 - Latin: villa Peruen
• 1295 - villa Perwen
• 1316 - Purwen
• 1317 - Peruen
• 1318 - Purun
• 1319 - Peren
• 1329 - Pirin
• 1330 - Purym
• 1336 - Perynä
• 1351 - Perueyn
• 1352 - Peren
• 1773 - Slovak
  Slovak language
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  : Perina;
• 1808 - sk: Peříňa, Perýňa, hu: Perény

The name Peruen is derived from *Prven (Peruen), a Slavic name.

Statistics

• Mayor: Adriena Baranová
• Website: http://perin-chym.obecweb.sk
• Population: 1,496
• Region: Košice Region
  Košice Region
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• District: Košice-okolie District
  Košice-okolie District
  Košice–okolie District is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia around the city of Košice, which isn't part of the district. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Abov-Turňa, apart from a small area in the north which formed part of the county of Šariš...