Apostag is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
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| Coordinates: 46°52′51″N 18°57′35″E / 46.88083°N 18.95972°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Region | Southern Great Plain |
| County | Bács-Kiskun |
| District | Kunszentmiklós |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.94 km2 (12.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 2,010 |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6088 |
| Area code | 78 |
Geography
editIt covers an area of 31.94 km2 (12 sq mi) and has a population of 2010 people (2015).
History
editIn the medieval ages the village had a rotunda with 12 sided poligonal shape and its patrocinium was: The 12 Apostles. There was also similar patrocinium of Bény rotunda, recently in Bíňa, Slovakia.
Gallery
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References
edit- Gervers-Molnár Vera: A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary.) (Mûvészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972.
Notes
edit- ^ "Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005" (in Croatian). (462 KB) Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,
External links
edit- (in Hungarian) Apostag Község hivatalos honlapja
- (in Hungarian) Apostag a Vendégvárón
- (in Hungarian) Apostag.lap.hu
- (in Hungarian) Légifotók Apostagról
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