Tótkomlós Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Coordinates:46.417°N 20.733°W
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Tótkomlós
Other Name:Slovenský Komlóš
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Békés
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Orosháza
Area Total Km2:125.05
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:5780
Population Density Km2:46.22
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5940
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+36) 68

Tótkomlós (Slovak: Slovenský Komlóš) is a town in Békés County, Hungary.

Name

Komlós means "(place) with hops" in Hungarian, while prefix Tót is the word for Slovaks in old Hungarian. Hops also can be found in the coat of arms of the town.

Geography

Tótkomlós is located in the Great Hungarian Plain 225km (140miles) southeast from Budapest. Mezőtúr-Orosháza-Mezőhegyes railway line crosses the town.[1]

History

The Medieval village was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt after 1715 with Slovak settlers. Hungarians became the majority after the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange.[2]

People

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Tótkomlós is twinned with:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Magyarország autóatlasz, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2004,
  2. Károly Kocsis (DSc, University of Miskolc) – Zsolt Bottlik (PhD, Budapest University) – Patrik Tátrai: Etnikai térfolyamatok a Kárpát-medence határon túli régióiban, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Földrajtudományi Kutatóintézet (Academy of Geographical Studies); Budapest; 2006.;, CD Atlas