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{{Infobox Slovak place
| name                    = Gajary
| other_name              = Gajar
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Gajary-hlavna-kostol.jpg
| image_caption           = Main street with the church
| image_flag              = Gajary-malacky-flag.svg
| image_shield            = 
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| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Slovakia|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Bratislava Region}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of Slovakia|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Malacky District]]
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| 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}}
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| leader_title            = 
| leader_name             = 
| leader_party            = 
<!-- established -->
| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = [[1373]]
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| 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
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 900 61<ref name="base_info"/>
| area_code               = +421 34<ref name="base_info"/>
|registration_plate       = MA
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| 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&nbsp;km (25&nbsp;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 [[Slavs|Slavic]] period (several Slavic settlements) have been excavated there.

== Geography ==
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==Names and etymology==
The [[Slovak language|Slovak]] name ''Gajary'' (1460 ''Gayary'') comes from [[Germans|German]] personal name [[Geier (surname)|Geier]] (1337 ''Gaywar'', later German name was ''Gairing''). In the 14th century, the village had also the [[Hungarian language|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 ==
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It has a [[population]] of {{Slovak municipality|p}} people (31 December {{Slovak municipality|y}}).{{Slovak municipality|P}}

=== Ethnicity ===
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=== Religion ===
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==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==
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==External links==
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* [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]

{{Malacky District}}

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[[Category:Villages and municipalities in Malacky District]]


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