Holice (Hungarian: Gelle, pronounced [ˈɡɛlːɛ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

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Holice Gelle
village
local church
Location of the village
Coordinates: 47°59′49″N 17°29′01″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1245
Government
• Mayor	Lajos Iván
Area
• Total	23.19[1] km2 (8.95[1] sq mi)
Elevation	120[2] m (390[2] ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	2,159[4]
• Estimate  (2008)	1,889
Ethnicity [3]
• Hungarians	96.00%
• Slovaks	3.73%
Time zone	UTC+1 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code	930 34[2]
Area code	+421 31[2]
Website	www.egyhazgelle.sk

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The municipality consists of eight formerly independent villages.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 119 metres and covers an area of 23.209 km². It has a population of about 1,825 people.

In the 9th century, the territory of Holice became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1245. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Holice once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. Village Holice was created in 1940 by joining the settlements Beketfa, Kostolná Gala, Stará Gala, and Póšfa. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 1,824 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 1,889. As of 2001, 96% of its population were Hungarians and 3.73% were Slovaks.

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