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Helvécia is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
Helvécia | |
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| Coordinates: 46°50′N 19°37′E / 46.833°N 19.617°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Bács-Kiskun |
| District | Kecskemét |
| Area | |
| • Total | 56.47 km2 (21.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,522[1] |
| • Density | 80.1/km2 (207/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6034 |
| Area code | 76 |
History
editHelvécia was founded in 1892 by Swiss-born teacher Heinrich Eduard Weber.[2] After the great phylloxera epidemic that had destroyed much of the historical vineyard plantings in the 1870s, sandy soils of the Great Plains became much more valuable for grape cultivation than before.[citation needed] Helvécia was settled by 501 vineyard workers, most of them from the Balaton wine country.[citation needed] It gained independence of nearby Kecskemét in 1952.[2]
Geography
editIt covers an area of 73.66 km2 (28 sq mi) and has a population of 4,522 people (2015). Most of its inhabitants work in agriculture.[citation needed] Approximately half of the population lives in hamlets. The rest is distributed between two centres approximately 3 km apart from each other: the older Helvécia-Ótelep, and the Szabó-Sándor-telep or Újtelep, originally a housing area for the former collective farm.[citation needed]
Twin towns – sister cities
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Accident
editIn 1973, a severe level crossing accident took place here with 37 people at least killed.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
- ^ a b Béla, Barna. "Svájc a magyar Alföldön: Helvécia" [Switzerland in the Hungarian Great Plain: Helvécia]. Csámborgo (in Hungarian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "XXVI. Szüreti Mulatság pályázat". helvecia.hu (in Hungarian). Helvécia. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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