Acsa Explained

Acsa
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Acsa in Hungary
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Hungary
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Pest}}
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:Subregion
Subdivision Name3:Váci
Subdivision Type6:Rank
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Rezső Szekeres[1]
Area Total Km2:26.94
Area Footnotes:[2]
Coordinates:47.7971°N 19.3815°W
Postal Code:2683
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code:+36 27
Area Code Type:Area code
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Total Type:Total
Population Total:1528
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Population Density Metro Km2:auto
Population As Of:1 January 2008
Population Footnotes:[3]
Blank Name:KSH code
Blank Info:18573[4]
Website:www.acsa.hu/index.php

Acsa is a village in Pest}}, Hungary.

Location

The village lies at the foot of the Cserhát hills by the upper River Galga in, near the border with Nógrád}}.

Population

Most of Acsa's population is Slovakian.

Communications

Route 2108 serves the village by road from Aszód and Balassagyarmat.Stopping trains of the Hungarian State Railways serve the village on line 78 (Aszód - Balassagyarmat - Ipolytarnóc). Acsa and Erdőkürt share a station ("Acsa-Erdőkürt"), between Püspökhatvan and Galgaguta.

Name

The village's name comes from the old Hungarian personal name Acsa. The personal name may originate from the Turkic ača, meaning "kindred". It was recorded as Acha in 1341.[5]

History

At that time the village was owned by the Achai family and from 1422 it was the Palatine Miklós Garai's property. During Turkish rule (see Ottoman Hungary) the village was demolished, but later on Slovaks settled. From 1730 the village was the Prónay family's land.

Landmarks

Famous people

Sándor Prónay, knight and chamberlain, was born in Acsa in 1760.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Közérdekű információk -> hivatalok . 23 September 2009 . Public information -> Mayors' offices . cegexpo.hu . hu . 6 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100906132235/http://www.cegexpo.hu/index.php?page=19&betu=A . dead .
  2. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/!cp.hnt2.telep?nn=18573 Acsa
  3. http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/portal/cp.hnt_telep?NN=18573 Acsa
  4. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/!cp.hnt2.telep?nn=18573 Acsa
  5. Book: Kiss, Lajos . Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára . . 1980 . 963-05-2277-2 . Budapest.