Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kolontár |
Official Name: | Kolontár |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Veszprém |
Area Total Km2: | 21.72 |
Population Total: | 845 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | 38.9 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8468 |
Area Code: | 88 |
Coordinates: | 47.0844°N 17.475°W |
Kolontár (in Hungarian ˈkolontaːr/) is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.
See main article: Ajka alumina plant accident. On 4 October 2010 a 1.5–4 meter high wave of red mud flooded the village from a plant nearby causing nine deaths and several severe chemical burn injuries. Six bodies were found in the mud and three other victims died later in a hospital after the incident.[1] Hundreds of village inhabitants had to evacuate.[2]