Kunágota Explained

Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Hungary
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Kunágota
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Békés
Area Total Km2:63.99
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:2650[1]
Population Density Km2:41.4
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5746
Area Code:68

Kunágota is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

On St David's Day 1 March 2021 a heartfelt gesture was inspired by the people of Kunágota, branded Hungary's "Welshest" village, to honour the patron saint of Wales and the Welsh people by illuminating a nearby Castle with the national flag of Wales, which has a striking Dragon. To show respect they sung traditional Welsh hymns such as ‘Cwm Rhondda’, and composed a new piece of music called St David's Mystery. The piece was written by French Hungarian composer George Gondard.

The town had grown very fond of Wales ever since Elizabeth, a Kunágota-born classical singer, returned to her roots from Cardiff and introduced Welsh hymns to the community a few years ago

In the 19th century, a small Jewish community lived in the village,[2] many of whose members were murdered in the Holocaust[3]

Geography

It covers an area of 63.99 km2 and has a population of 2650 people (2015).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
  2. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_nemzetisegi_Zsido_1840-1941/?pg=133&layout=s&query=Kunágota Hungarian Jewish census
  3. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Kunagota&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Jews from the village who were murdered in the Holocaust