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.
The village lies at the foot of the Cserhát hills by the upper River Galga in, near the border with Nógrád}}.
Most of Acsa's population is Slovakian.
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.
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]
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.
Sándor Prónay, knight and chamberlain, was born in Acsa in 1760.