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Galgamácsa

Galgamácsa
Coat of arms of Galgamácsa
Galgamácsa is located in Hungary
Galgamácsa
Galgamácsa
Location of Galgamácsa in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°41′42″N 19°23′04″E / 47.69511°N 19.38439°E / 47.69511; 19.38439
CountryHungary
RegionCentral Hungary
CountyPest
SubregionVeresegyházi
RankVillage
Area
 • Total43.31 km2 (16.72 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2008)[2]
 • Total1,981
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2183
Area code+36 28
KSH code27128[1]
Websitehttps://www.galgamacsa.hu/

Galgamácsa is a village in Pest county, Hungary. Since 2019, the mayor has been Tamás Ecker.[3]

Since 1977, the village has had a museum, the Vankóné Dudás Juli Memorial House, dedicated primarily to the work of folk artist Juli Vankóné Dudás, born in Galgamácsa.[4] She contributed significantly to its creation.[5]

Vankóné Dudás Juli Memorial House

Demographics

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As of 2021, the population was 1837 individuals. 88.5% of the population described themselves as Hungarian, 0.9% as Roma, 0.4% as Bulgarian, 0.4% as German, 0.3% as Slovak, 0.2% as Romanian, 0.1% as Serbian, 0.3% as other non-Hungarian, and 11.5% did not answer. Most of the population is Roman Catholic (55.3%), with a sizeable minority of Lutherans and other Protestants and those who identified not belonging to a religious denomination.[6]

History

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The earliest known mention of the village is in the 1230s. In the 14th century Turkish occupation, all of the buildings of the village except the church were destroyed.

References

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  1. ^ a b Galgamácsa at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  2. ^ Galgamácsa at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2008
  3. ^ "Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019 - Galgamácsa (Pest megye)" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Polgármesteri köszöntő - Egyéb - Tartalom". www.galgamacsa.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ Balázs, Eszter. "Vankóné Dudás Juli Díjjal ismerték el a Médiaközpont munkatársának munkásságát | SZIE". Szent Istvan Egyetem (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Magyarország helységnévtára". www.ksh.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.

47°42′N 19°23′E / 47.700°N 19.383°E / 47.700; 19.383

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