Söjtör is a village of approximately 1500 people located in Zala County, in western Hungary. It was the birthplace of Ferenc Deák, (1803–1876) a Hungarian statesman living in the 19th century who served as the Minister of Justice during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is now known as "The Sage of the Country".[3]
Söjtör | |
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  Söjtör Location of Söjtör in Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′22″N 16°51′13″E / 46.67267°N 16.85365°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Western Transdanubia |
| County | Zala |
| Subregion | Zalaegerszegi |
| Rank | Village |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2008)[2] | |
• Total | 1,549 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8897 |
| Area code | +36 92 |
| KSH code | 19080[1] |
| Website | sojtor |
References
edit- ^ a b Söjtör at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
- ^ Söjtör at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
- ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 895–896.
46°40′N 16°51′E / 46.667°N 16.850°E
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