Biatorbágy (German: Wiehall-Kleinturwall) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 13,889 (2019). It was created in 1966 by the merger of Bia (German: Wiehall) and Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall).
Biatorbágy | |
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Coordinates: 47°28′16″N 18°49′31″E / 47.47119°N 18.82520°E | |
Country | Hungary |
County | Pest |
District | Budakeszi |
Area | |
• Total | 43.80 km2 (16.91 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 13,132 |
• Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 2051 |
Area code | (+36) 23 |
Motorways | M0, M1 |
Distance from Budapest | 21.7 km (13.5 mi) East |
Website | www |
Districts
editHistory
editOn 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy. Killing 22 and injuring up to 122 people, 17 severely, it has been the most notorious sabotage on his crime history.
Sport
edit- Biatorbágyi SE, association football club
Twin towns – sister cities
editBiatorbágy is twinned with:[2]
- Herbrechtingen, Germany (1989)
- Remetea, Romania (2001)
- Kiti, Cyprus (2004)
- Dolný Štál, Slovakia (2012)
- Velyka Dobron, Ukraine (2013)
Notable people
edit- Ferenc Juhász (1928–2015), poet
- Gyula Juhász (1930–1993), historian
- Csaba Horváth (born 1971), canoeist
References
edit- ^ "Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary". www.ksh.hu.
- ^ "Testvérvárosok". biatorbagy.hu (in Hungarian). Biatorbágy. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Biatorbágy.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Biatorbágy.
- Official website in Hungarian, English and German