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Interethnic spaces
122 Károly Tóth Table 2 is indicative of the accuracy of our survey. The first column presents the official summarised data of the municipal office from 2000; the data in the second column show the results of my survey. Thus, our research can be considered precise regarding both the size of the population and the number of households. The questionnaires were filled in the basis of the unanimous opinion of the committee members. It should be noted, that the members were well acquainted with almost all households, and, in case of disputes, they found an agreement without delay.11 Description of the village Dlhá nad Váhom lies on the left bank of the Váh river, between Veča (part of the nearest town, Šaľa) and the village of Šoporňa. The population of this small village oscillates between 800 and 1100 inhabitants. Except for the period immediately after the Second World War, the proportion of Hungarians closely followed the changes of the general population. This is demonstrated in Graph 1. Graph 1: Change in the Hungarian population and in the overall population of Dlhá nad Váhom in the period between 1910 and 2000 Hungarians Overall population
