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.
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.
Tótkomlós is located in the Great Hungarian Plain 225km (140miles) southeast from Budapest. Mezőtúr-Orosháza-Mezőhegyes railway line crosses the town.[1]
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]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary.
Tótkomlós is twinned with: