Bélapátfalva
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Northern Hungary | ||||
| County : | Heves | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Bélapátfalva | ||||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 3 ' N , 20 ° 21' E | ||||
| Height : | 317 m | ||||
| Area : | 36.63 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 3,027 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 83 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 36 | ||||
| Postal code : | 3346 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 33260 | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | Péter Ferencz (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | József Attila u. 19 3346 Bélapátfalva |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Bélapátfalva is a small Hungarian town in Heves county . Bélapátfalva is the administrative seat of the district of the same name.
geography
Bélapatfalva is located in northern Hungary, about 20 kilometers north of the city of Eger on the edge of the Bükk Mountains. While the town center is at 311 meters, the surrounding area is shaped by the 815 m high Bél-kő , on the flanks of which there is a former limestone quarry . A large part of the 36.63 km² municipal area is forested and part of the Bükk National Park .
history
Bélapátfalva has been mentioned in writing under the names Bel , Beel and Beyle since the 13th century . Since 1415 the place was called Apátfalva . In 1905 the name changed from Apátfalva to today's Bélapátfalva.
Around 1815 a paper mill was built in the village , but it was abandoned after a few years. Soon afterwards, ceramics production began in Apátfalva , which lasted until 1927 and made the place famous beyond the region.
In the 20th century, the cement industry was the most important branch of the local economy. There, in 1910, the nurses from Braunschweig , Giesecke & Konegen-A.-G, set up a Portland cement factory , which made up a quarter of the Hungarian cement production between the two world wars. In 1980 a new factory was built, which continued to be an important employer for the residents of Bélapátfalva and the surrounding villages. Production stopped in 2001.
Bélapátfalva has had town charter since 2004.
Town twinning
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Jasov , Slovakia
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Sângeorgiu de Pădure , Romania , since 2006
Attractions
- Bélapátfalva Monastery (Cistercian Abbey)
- Roman Catholic Church Szent István király , built in 1816
- Roman Catholic chapel Szent Anna asszony , built in 1750 (Baroque), south of the city on the Gilitka brook
traffic
Road No. 2506 runs through Bélapátfalva. The town is connected to the railway line from Eger to Szilvásvárad .
Web links
- Official website ( Hungarian )
- Bélapátfalva at tourinform.hu (Hungarian)
- Apátfalva in A Pallas nagy lexikona (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apátfalvi keménycserép. In: Magyar Néprajzi Lexicon. (Hungarian)
- ↑ Otto Lueger: cement factories . In: Lexicon of all technology . 2nd Edition. Supplementary volume II. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, Leipzig 1920, p. 674 ( full text on Zeno.org ).
- ^ History of Bélapátfalva on the city's website (Hungarian)