Biatorbágy Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Biatorbágy
Mapsize:275px
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Pest
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Budakeszi
Area Total Km2:43.80
Population Total:13132
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:2051
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+36) 23
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Biatorbágy
Pushpin Mapsize:275px
Coordinates:47.4712°N 18.8252°W
Blank Name:Motorways
Blank Info:M0, M1
Blank2 Name:Distance from Budapest
Blank2 Info:21.7km (13.5miles) East

Biatorbágy (German: Wiehall-Kleinturwall) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 13,889 (2019). It was created in 1966 by the merger of Bia (German: Wiehall) and Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall).

Districts

History

On 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy. Killing 22 and injuring up to 122 people, 17 severely, it has been the most notorious sabotage on his crime history.

Sport

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Biatorbágy is twinned with:[2]

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary. www.ksh.hu.
  2. Web site: Testvérvárosok. biatorbagy.hu. Biatorbágy. hu. 2021-04-06.