Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Official Name: | Maglód |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Pest |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Vecsés |
Area Total Km2: | 22.37 |
Population Total: | 12635 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 537.85 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 2234 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | (+36) 29 |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Maglód |
Coordinates: | 47.4439°N 19.3526°W |
Maglód is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.
The name of Maglód was first mentioned in about 1200 by Anonymus in his narrative, according to which the grandfathers of the seventh leader of the conquest, Tétény (hu), were Gyula and Zombor, from whom the inhabitants of Maglód descend.
In the 14th century Maglód was the property of the Kátai and Bodonyi families. During the period of Ottoman Hungary and during Rákóczi's War of Independence, the village was depopulated. The town was reinstated after 1710, with its new inhabitants composed mainly of Slovakian serfs from Nógrád. In the 18th century, the Fáy (hu) and Ráday (hu) families owned the village.
On 1 July 2007 the village was given the status of town.
Maglód can be reached by bus or train.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Maglód is twinned with:[2]