Somogyaszaló Explained

Official Name:Somogyaszaló
Settlement Type:Village
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southern Transdanubia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Somogy
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Kaposvár
Subdivision Type4:RC Diocese
Subdivision Name4:Kaposvár
Area Total Km2:22.12
Population Total:742[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:aszalói, somogyaszalói
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7452
Area Code:(+36) 82
Blank4 Name Sec1:NUTS 3 code
Blank4 Info Sec1:HU232
Blank5 Name Sec2:MP
Blank5 Info Sec2:József Attila Móring (KDNP)
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Somogyaszaló
Coordinates:46.4573°N 17.8043°W

Somogyaszaló is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Etymology

According to the local legends the name derives from the activity of the former residents of the village: food drying (Hungarian: aszalás). The archive records state that the local people dried woods at that time when the village was established.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=31219 Somogyaszaló, KSH
  2. http://somogy.hu/publikaciok/kiraly-lajos-somogyi-helysegnevek-nepi-es.html Lajos Király : Somogyi helységnevek népi és ...