Attala, Hungary

Attala
Attala
	Monument of St. John of Nepomuk
	Coat of arms
	Location of Tolna county in Hungary
	Attala Location of Attala, Hungary
	Coordinates: 46°22′39″N 18°04′02″E / 46.37757°N 18.06721°E
Country	Hungary
County	Tolna
Area
• Total	20.64 km2 (7.97 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	820
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7252
Area code	74
Website	http://www.attala.hu/

Attala is a village in Tolna County, Hungary.

Etymology

According to the local legends the name comes from the name of the mistress of Sülledvár. Her name could be Atala. She committed blasphemy as the legend says and her castle sank into the ground. There was indeed a castle during the Roman times.

The accepted theory states that the name could came from the person name Attila.^[1]

History

According to László Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.^[2]

References

External links

Street map (in Hungarian)

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[1] Lajos Király : Somogyi helységnevek népi és ...

[2] László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)

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