Perín-Chym
Perín-Chym is a municipality in eastern Slovakia near the town of Košice.
It arose in 1964 by a merger of the municipalities Perín and Chym. The municipality Vyšný Lanec was merged with Perín-Chym in 1991.
The village Perín gave name to the Lords of Perín, a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary, whose oldest known member Urban was granted the domain of Perín in 1292.
Today the municipality is well-known thanks to ponds and fishery.Some of the historical names of "Perín"
- 1220 - Latin: villa Peruen
- 1295 - villa Perwen
- 1316 - Purwen
- 1317 - Peruen
- 1318 - Purun
- 1319 - Peren
- 1329 - Pirin
- 1330 - Purym
- 1336 - Perynä
- 1351 - Perueyn
- 1352 - Peren
- 1773 - Slovak: Perina; Perény
- 1808 - sk: Peříňa, Perýňa, hu: Perény
The name Peruen is derived from *Prven, a Slavic name.Statistics
