0.17% Roma and 0.50% Czechs. The religious makeup was 49.72% Roman Catholics, 32.62% people with no religious affiliation and 4.07% Lutherans. In 1910, 89.6% of the population reported Hungarian as primary language, 6.2% Slovak, 3.5% German or Yiddish. The religious make-up was 65.3% Roman Catholic, 32.4% Jewish and 1.3% Lutheran. Notable citizens The Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály spent most of his childhood in this town and composed the Dances of Galánta (1933, for orchestra) based on the folk music of this region. Famous people František Valábek (*1907 – † 1980), SDB, Roman Catholic priest end religious prisoner (sentenced to 6 years in prison). Twin towns — sister cities Galanta is twinned with: Albignasego, Italy (2007) Mikulov, Czech Republic (2003) Paks, Hungary (1998) Tótkomlós, Hungary (1999) Kecskemét, Hungary (1998) Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia (2006) Bečej, Serbia (2001) References External links Official website Cities and towns in Slovakia