Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Official Name: | Felgyő |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Csongrád |
Area Total Km2: | 76.73 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 1484 |
Population Density Km2: | 19 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 6645 |
Area Code: | 63 |
Felgyő is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
It covers an area of 76.730NaN0 and has a population of 1484 people (2002).
The settlement dates back to the Kingdom of Hungary, and the days of Árpád. The village already appeared in writing in 1075, by the name "Gehgi".
The village was a princely estate, belonging to Prince Álmos. After 1108 Prince Álmos gifted the lands to the provost of Dömös, along with 63 of his personal servants, and land to give to each.