Slovenská Kajňa

Slovenská Kajňa (former name before 1899 Tót-Kajnya, Alsónyírjes) is a village and commune in Vranov nad Topľou District, Prešov Region. Slovakia.

History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323.

Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 142 metres and covers an area of 6.729 km². It has a population of about 783 people.

Notable people

 * Marcel Matanin is a former long-distance runner, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished in 81st and last place, clocking a total time of 2:50:26 hours. On April 23, 2006 Matanin won the Leipzig Marathon in 2:19:33 hours. Matanin was a former mayor of Slovenská Kajňa (from 1.1.2007 to 31.12.2010). Currently he is a sporting director of the ČSOB Bratislava Marathon.
 * Tomáš Oslovič is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for Landesliga Bayern-Mitte club 1. FC Bad Kötzting in Germany. His former clubs were MFK Vranov nad Topľou, Czech 1. FC Karlovy Vary and German clubs SV Schwarzhofen e.V, SV Mitterteich.
 * Peter Vasilko is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for MFK Vranov nad Topľou. His former club was Czech club FC Slovan Liberec.