{{about|the place|the root vegetable Gajar|Carrot}} {{Infobox Slovak place | name = Gajary | other_name = Gajar | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Gajary-hlavna-kostol.jpg | image_caption = Main street with the church | image_flag = Gajary-malacky-flag.svg | image_shield = <!-- location --> | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Bratislava Region}} | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Malacky District <!-- maps and coordinates --> | pushpin_map = Slovakia Bratislava Region#Slovakia | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Gajary in the Bratislava Region##Location of Gajary in Slovakia | coordinates = {{coord|48.47|N|16.92|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}} <!-- government --> | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1373 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="base_info">{{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref> | elevation_m = 150 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 900 61<ref name="base_info"/> | area_code = +421 34<ref name="base_info"/> |registration_plate = MA <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.gajary.sk/}} }}
'''Gajary''' ({{langx|de|Gayring}}; {{langx|hu|Gajar}}) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky in the Bratislava region. It lies around 40 km (25 statute miles) north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava close to the Austrian border. The village has around 3500 inhabitants.
The village is an important archaeological site: findings from the Neolithic period, Eneolithic period, Bronze Age, early Slavic period (several Slavic settlements) have been excavated there.
== Geography == {{Slovak municipality/geo|150|<ref name="base_info"/>}}
==Names and etymology== The Slovak name ''Gajary'' (1460 ''Gayary'') comes from German personal name Geier (1337 ''Gaywar'', later German name was ''Gairing''). In the 14th century, the village had also the Hungarian name ''Öregház'' (''Old House'', 1377 ''Eureghaz''), but the name was forgotten and then they used the name of German origin ''Gajár''.<ref name="varsik">{{cite book| first=Branislav | last=Varsik | author-link=Branislav Varsik | title= Z osídlenia západného a stredného Slovenska v stredoveku | publisher = Veda, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied | year = 1984 | location = Bratislava | p=102| language = Slovak}}</ref>
== Population == {{Slovak municipality|pop}}
It has a population of {{Slovak municipality|p}} people (31 December {{Slovak municipality|y}}).{{Slovak municipality|P}}
=== Ethnicity === {{Slovak municipality|etno}}
=== Religion === {{Slovak municipality|relig}}
==Genealogical resources==
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1657-1895 (parish A)
==See also== * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
==References== <references/>
==External links== {{commons category-inline|Gajary}} * [http://www.gajary.sk Official page] *https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html *[http://www.cisarik.com/0_Gajary_Malacky_BL_Pozsony_Bratislava.html'''Surnames''' of living people in Gajary]
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