Chorvátsky Grob (Croatian: Hrvatski Grob, Hungarian: Horvátgurab, Horvát-Gurab, German: Kroatisch-Eisgrub) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava region. It has a population of around 6,000 people.
The village's name Chorvátsky means Croatian. This refers to the Croatian people that have lived in the area since the early 16th century. This population arrived here after escaping the area between Sisak and Kostajnica during the Ottoman Wars. The area was settled by Croatians escaping from Turkish Ottoman raids which helps explain the etymology of the present-day name from "Horvát Gurab" to "Chorvátsky Grob" (Croatian Grave) used at the present time.
According to the local municipality website of Chorvátsky Grob the Slovak word for "grob" is " hrob" or, in English "grave". Reportedly, this place was named in memory of soldiers, though it is not clear if those soldiers were Croats, Slovaks or another ethnicity.
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Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 141 metres (463 ft) and covers an area of 15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi) (2025).
Population
It has a population of 8047 people (31 December 2025).
Ethnicity
In year 2021 was 6830 people by ethnicity 6230 as Slovak, 405 as Not found out, 83 as Hungarian, 67 as Czech, 65 as Other, 65 as Croatian, 49 as Rusyn, 48 as Vietnamese, 18 as Ukrainian, 14 as Russian, 14 as Polish, 13 as Italian, 12 as German, 10 as Austrian, 8 as French, 7 as Jewish, 7 as English, 6 as Turkish, 4 as Bulgarian, 3 as Korean, 2 as Chinese, 2 as Romani, 1 as Irish, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Moravian, 1 as Canadian and 1 as Albanian.
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.
Religion
In year 2021 was 6830 people by religion 3037 from Roman Catholic Church, 2796 from None, 399 from Not found out, 203 from Evangelical Church, 116 from Greek Catholic Church, 45 from Ad hoc movements, 38 from Other, 32 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 31 from Calvinist Church, 28 from Baptists Church, 16 from Islam, 16 from Buddhism, 14 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 12 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 11 from Church of the Brethren, 9 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 9 from Apostolic Church, 6 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 5 from Jewish community, 3 from Bahá'i Community, 2 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Old Catholic Church and 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Twin towns – sister cities
Chorvátsky Grob is twinned with:
Benkovac, Croatia