Biatorbágy (German: Wiehall-Kleinturwall) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 13,889 (2019). It was created in 1966 by the merger of Bia (German: Wiehall) and Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall).
Biatorbágy | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Biatorbágy Location of Biatorbágy | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′16″N 18°49′31″E / 47.47119°N 18.82520°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Pest |
| District | Budakeszi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.80 km2 (16.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,132 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2051 |
| Area code | (+36) 23 |
| Motorways | M0, M1 |
| Distance from Budapest | 21.7 km (13.5 mi) East |
| Website | www |
Districts edit
History edit
On 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy. Killing 22 and injuring up to 122 people, 17 severely, it has been the most notorious sabotage on his crime history.
Sport edit
- Biatorbágyi SE, association football club
Twin towns – sister cities edit
Biatorbágy is twinned with:[2]
Herbrechtingen, Germany (1989)
Remetea, Romania (2001)
Kiti, Cyprus (2004)
Dolný Štál, Slovakia (2012)
Velyka Dobron, Ukraine (2013)
Notable people edit
- Ferenc Juhász (1928–2015), poet
- Gyula Juhász (1930–1993), historian
- Csaba Horváth (born 1971), canoeist
References edit
- ^ "Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary". www.ksh.hu.
- ^ "Testvérvárosok". biatorbagy.hu (in Hungarian). Biatorbágy. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biatorbágy.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Biatorbágy.
- Official website in Hungarian, English and German
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