Bátorliget (before 1975: Aporliget)[1] is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Bátorliget
Coat of arms of Bátorliget
Bátorliget is located in Hungary
Bátorliget
Bátorliget
Bátorliget is located in Europe
Bátorliget
Bátorliget
Coordinates: 47°45′45″N 22°16′21″E / 47.76242°N 22.27261°E / 47.76242; 22.27261
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 • Total33.30 km2 (12.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total669
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4343
Area code42

The village (then named Aporliget) was the last one to be electrified in the country, on August 20, 1963, thus completing the 75-year-long process of electrification (which incidentally started in a nearby town, Mátészalka, in 1888).[2]

Geography edit

It covers an area of 33.30 km2 (13 sq mi) and has a population of 669 people (2015).

Nearby is Bátorliget Pasture NCA (Nature Conservation Area).[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Bátorliget (in Hungarian)
  2. ^ "MVM cégtörténet". Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  3. ^ "Bátorliget Pasture NCA". hnp.hu. Retrieved 26 August 2015.