Zagyvaszántó
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Zagyvaszántó is a village in Heves County, Hungary, on the Zagyva river. As of the 2022 census, it has a population of 1825 (see Demographics). The village is located beside the (Nr. 81) Hatvan–Fiľakovo railway line and the main road 21 and 12.0 km away from the M3 motorway. The village has its own railway station under the name of Apc-Zagyvaszántó with public transport.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zagyvaszántó
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Zagyvaszántó, római katolikus templom 2021 03.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Andrew Church
- Settlement.image_shield
- HUN Zagyvaszántó Címer.svg
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- Hungary
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- Location in Hungary
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Heves
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hatvan
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1290
- Settlement.leader_party
- Independent
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- László Fekete
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- Metric
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Hungary
- Country
- Hungary
- Located in
- Hatvan District
- Population
- 1831
- Area
- 9.51
- Official website
- zagyvaszanto.hu
- Image
- Zagyvaszántó, római katolikus templom 2021 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 37
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- Commons category
- Zagyvaszántó
- postal code
- 3031
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Demographics
- Politics
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Zagyvaszántó is a village in Heves County, Hungary, on the Zagyva river. As of the 2022 census, it has a population of 1825 (see Demographics). The village is located beside the (Nr. 81) Hatvan–Fiľakovo railway line and the main road 21 and 12.0 km away from the M3 motorway. The village has its own railway station under the name of Apc-Zagyvaszántó with public transport.
==History== Artifacts from the Bronze Age were found in the border of the settlement, which are linked to the Piliny culture. The village's name is first mentioned in a document dated 1290 as the estate of the bishop of Vác under the name "Zántho", which means field. The village was depopulated during the Turkish era, but in 1715 it was inhabited by 8 families. The landlords were Count Antal Grassalkovich, Tamás Roth and Hellebront family in 1770. Cholera destroyed the village in 1873. One of the owners of the village in 1880 was Rezső Schossberger, who was also the owner of the . The village established a sister relationship in 1999 with Chiuruș what is part of Covasna.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zagyvaszántó” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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