Pátka
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Pátka is a village in Fejér county, Hungary. Located just north of Lake Velence and 12 km northwest of Székesfehérvár, the village extends across 40.4 km2 of loess plain and low crystalline ridges in the western foothills of the Velence Hills. The village is notably home to the Pátkai-víztározó, a 312-hectare reservoir created in 1975 by damming the Császár-víz watercourse, which serves as a water-supply buffer for Lake Velence and supports a rich diversity of bird species. While maintaining a stable permanent population of around 1,770 residents, Pátka has increasingly oriented towa
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- Hungary
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- Location of Pátka
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- Pátka
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- County
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- Fejér
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- 40.38
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_total
- 1645
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- 2004
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- 40.73
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- 8092
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- 22
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- Population
- 1855
- Area
- 40.38
- Official website
- www.patka.hu
- Image
- Pátka, Nepomuki Szent János-szobor 2020 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 22
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- postal code
- 8092
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Pátka is a village in Fejér county, Hungary. Located just north of Lake Velence and 12 km northwest of Székesfehérvár, the village extends across 40.4 km2 of loess plain and low crystalline ridges in the western foothills of the Velence Hills. The village is notably home to the Pátkai-víztározó, a 312-hectare reservoir created in 1975 by damming the Császár-víz watercourse, which serves as a water-supply buffer for Lake Velence and supports a rich diversity of bird species. While maintaining a stable permanent population of around 1,770 residents, Pátka has increasingly oriented toward recreation and commuter living since the 1990s, attracting anglers, birdwatchers, and cyclists to its natural attractions and heritage sites.
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