Apostag
| Apostag | |
|---|---|
| Country |
 Hungary |
| County | Bács-Kiskun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.94 km2 (12.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 2,105 |
| • Density | 65.9/km2 (171/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 6088 |
| Area code(s) | 78 |
Location of Bács-Kiskun
county in Hungary
Apostag is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
Croats in Hungary call this village Štagara.[1]
Geography
It covers an area of 31.94 km2 (12 sq mi) and has a population of 2105 people (2001).
History
In the medieval ages the village had a rotunda with 12 sided poligonal shape and its patrocinium was: The 12 Apostles. There was also similar patricinium of Bény rotunda, recently in Bíňa, Slovakia.
Gallery
References
- Gervers-Molnár Vera: A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary.) (Mûvészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972.
Notes
- ↑ (Croatian) "Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005.". (462 KB) Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,
External links
- (Hungarian) Apostag Község hivatalos honlapja
- (Hungarian) Apostag a Vendégvárón
- (Hungarian) Apostag.lap.hu
- (Hungarian) Légifotók Apostagról
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