Dechtice

Dechtice
Municipality
Katarínka, the ruins of a Franciscan monastery and church near Dechtice
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Coordinates: 48°33′N 17°36′E / 48.55°N 17.60°E / 48.55; 17.60
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava Region
District	Trnava District
First mentioned	1258
Area 1
• Total	19.46 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Elevation 3	182 m (597 ft)
Population  (2025)2
• Total	1,707
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	919 533
Area code	+421 333
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	TT
Website	www.dechtice.sk

Dechtice is a municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava region of Slovakia.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia":

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1657-1900 (parish A)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1666-1895 (parish B)

• Katarínka
• Rotunda of All Saints

The municipality lies at an altitude of 182 metres (597 ft)³ and covers an area of 19.46 km² (7.51 sq mi) (2025).⁴

It has a population of 1707 people (31 December 2025).⁶

In year 2021 was 1790 people by ethnicity 1760 as Slovak, 21 as Not found out, 7 as Czech, 4 as Hungarian, 4 as Other, 2 as Rusyn, 1 as Italian, 1 as Russian and 1 as Croatian.

Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.

In year 2021 was 1790 people by religion 1500 from Roman Catholic Church, 222 from None, 20 from Not found out, 16 from Evangelical Church, 15 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 4 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 4 from Ad hoc movements, 3 from Greek Catholic Church, 2 from Apostolic Church, 1 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Other and 1 from Buddhism.