Acsa is a village in Pest County, Hungary.

Acsa
Coat of arms of Acsa
Acsa is located in Hungary
Acsa
Acsa
Location of Acsa in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°47′49.45″N 19°22′53.54″E / 47.7970694°N 19.3815389°E / 47.7970694; 19.3815389
CountryHungary
RegionCentral Hungary
CountyPest
SubregionVáci
RankVillage
Government
 • MayorRezső Szekeres[1]
Area
 • Total26.94 km2 (10.40 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2008)[3]
 • Total1,528
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2683
Area code+36 27
KSH code18573[2]
Websitewww.acsa.hu/index.php

Location

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The village lies at the foot of the Cserhát hills by the upper River Galga in Pest County, near the border with Nógrád County.

Population

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Most of Acsa's population is Slovakian.

Communications

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Route 2108 serves the village by road from Aszód and Balassagyarmat. Stopping trains of the Hungarian State Railways serve the village on line 78 (AszódBalassagyarmatIpolytarnóc). Acsa and Erdőkürt share a station ("Acsa-Erdőkürt"), between Püspökhatvan and Galgaguta.

Name

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The village's name comes from the old Hungarian personal name Acsa. The personal name may originate from the Turkic ača, meaning "kindred". It was recorded as Acha in 1341.[4]

History

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At that time the village was owned by the Achai family and from 1422 it was the Palatine Miklós Garai's property. During Turkish rule (see Ottoman Hungary) the village was demolished, but later on Slovaks settled. From 1730 the village was the Prónay family's land.

Landmarks

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Prónay Castle

Famous people

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Sándor Prónay, knight and chamberlain, was born in Acsa in 1760.

References

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  1. ^ "Közérdekű információk -> hivatalok" [Public information -> Mayors' offices] (in Hungarian). cegexpo.hu. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b Acsa at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  3. ^ Acsa[permanent dead link] at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2008
  4. ^ Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
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