Kisszállás Explained

Subdivision Type:Country
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Kisszállás
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Bács-Kiskun
Area Total Km2:92.06
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:2878
Population Density Km2:31
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6421
Area Code:77

Kisszállás is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Croats in Hungary call this village Salašica.[1]

Geography

It covers an area of 92.060NaN0 and has a population of 2878 people (2005).

History

The area has long been settlement for different nations. Avars, Kuns and even Turkish people have lived there for centuries and left their footsteps there. A Turkish and an Avar cemetery have been discovered in Kisszállás proving this.

The Hungarian village was founded by the unification of 7 other small villages in the middle of the 19th century. Since then, its citizens have made there living by using the great topsoil for agricultural purposes.

Now, approximately 2,800 people live in the village. The common religion is Roman Catholic and most people are still make their living in the field of agriculture.

The name of the settlement: 'Kisszállás' in Hungarian is a compound word. The first part of the name (Kis-) means small, and the second part (-szállás) is a common Hungarian settlement ending like '-ville' in American. So, technically Kisszállás is the Hungarian Smallville.

Sources

46.2798°N 48.475°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005. . hr.   Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,