Ócsa

	Ócsa
	Ócsa
	Ócsa
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Central Hungary
County :	pest
District since 1.1.2013 :	Gyál
Coordinates :	47 ° 18 ' N , 19 ° 14' E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '36 " N , 19 ° 13' 33" E
Area :	81.66 km²
Residents :	9,073 (Jan 1, 2011)
Population density :	111 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 29
Postal code :	2364
KSH kódja:	04075
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Community type :	city
Mayor :	Károly Zoltán Bukodi ( Fidesz - KDNP )
Postal address :	Bajcsy - Zsilinszky u. 2. ; 2364 Ócsa
Website :	www.ocsa.hu
	(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Ócsa is a Hungarian town in the county Gyál in Pest County .

geography

Ócsa extends over an area of 81.66 km². The municipality is located 30 km south of the capital Budapest between the national road 5 and the M5 motorway .

history

Ócsa has been inhabited continuously since the Árpáden period. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1235 as Alza . The monastery built in honor of the Virgin Mary was built before 1235. The current church of the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Romanesque Hungarian architecture.

Attractions

The monastery

Rear entrance to the monastery

The former monastery with the reformed church,
The cemetery with memorial stelae (temető és kopjafák) consecrated in 1778,
The exhibitions of the local history museum (Tájház),
The wine cellars,
The Ócsa Protected Landscape Area under the supervision of the Danube-Eipel National Park (Hungarian: Duna-Ipoly Nemzeti Park ) with a total area of 3606 hectares, of which 1466 hectares are specially protected,
The ornithological station (Madárvárta),
The Catholic Church, consecrated in 1777.