Boťany (Hungarian: Battyán) has a Hungarian majority (1980 census). The
village was in the Zemplén (Slovakian: Zemplin) County of the Kingdom of
Hungary to 1919/1920 (Czechoslovakian occupation / Treaty of Trianon).
1920-1938 part of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1944 part of Hungary, after the
Decision of Vienna. The Treaty of Paris (1947) reallocated it to Czechoslovakia.
Flag adopted 3 Nov 1995
István Molnár, 19 Jun 2000