Galgamácsa | |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Galgamácsa in Hungary |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Hungary |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pest}} |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | Subregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Veresegyházi |
Subdivision Type6: | Rank |
Area Total Km2: | 43.31 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 47.6951°N 19.3844°W |
Postal Code: | 2183 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | +36 28 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Total Type: | Total |
Population Total: | 1981 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 1 January 2008 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Blank Name: | KSH code |
Blank Info: | 27128[3] |
Galgamácsa is a village in Pest county, Hungary. Since 2019, the mayor has been Tamás Ecker.[4]
Since 1977, the village has had a museum, the Vankóné Dudás Juli Memorial House, dedicated primarily to the work of folk artist Juli Vankóné Dudás, born in Galgamácsa.[5] She contributed significantly to its creation.[6]
, the population was 1837 individuals. 88.5% of the population described themselves as Hungarian, 0.9% as Roma, 0.4% as Bulgarian, 0.4% as German, 0.3% as Slovak, 0.2% as Romanian, 0.1% as Serbian, 0.3% as other non-Hungarian, and 11.5% did not answer. Most of the population is Roman Catholic (55.3%), with a sizeable minority of Lutherans and other Protestants and those who identified not belonging to a religious denomination.[7]
The earliest known mention of the village is in the 1230s. In the 14th century Turkish occupation, all of the buildings of the village except the church were destroyed.