Beloiannisz
Beloiannisz | ||||
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Hungary | |||
Region : | Central Transdanubia | |||
County : | Fejér | |||
Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Adony | |||
District since 1.1.2013 : | Dunaújváros | |||
Coordinates : | 47 ° 11 ' N , 18 ° 49' E | |||
Area : | 4.54 km² | |||
Residents : | 1,126 (Jan 1, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 248 inhabitants per km² | |||
Telephone code : | (+36) 25 | |||
Postal code : | 2455 | |||
KSH kódja: | 08466 | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2015) | ||||
Community type : | local community | |||
Mayor : | Kosztasz Papalexisz (independent) | |||
Postal address : | Szarafisz utca 2 2455 Beloiannisz |
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(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) |
Beloiannisz ( Greek Μπελογιάννης ) is a Hungarian community in the county Dunaújváros in Fejér County . The place currently has a good 1,100 inhabitants (as of 2011) and is considered the center of Hellenism in Hungary.
Geographical location
Beloiannisz is located around 25 kilometers southwest of the Hungarian capital Budapest. Neighboring municipalities are Besnyő , Iváncsa , Ercsi-Sinatelep and Pusztaszabolcs .
history
The area around Beloiannisz was once owned by the Greek-Austrian entrepreneur Simon von Sina and his descendants and was expropriated in 1945. During the Greek civil war , Hungary took in Greek refugees. On May 6, 1950, they were allowed to start building their own village, for which this area was made available to them. They founded Görögfalva (Greek village), which was renamed Beloiannisz (after Nikos Belogiannis ) on April 3, 1953 .
After the end of the junta in 1974 and no later than 1982 (change in the citizenship law in Greece), part of the population emigrated to Greece and other countries of the then EC. Most of the remaining Greeks are assimilated. With the approval of the Greek Orthodox metropolis in Vienna, the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Constantine was built in 1996, it is located in the park of the same name. Today, 23.4 percent of the population say they are Greek.
Attractions
- Monument to the Martyrs of Freedom ( A szabadság mártírjainak ), created in 1996 by Achilleasz Dimitriosz
- Greek Orthodox Church Szent Demeter, Szent Konstantin és Szent Heléna
- Relief by Nikos Belogiannis ( Nikosz Beloiannisz-dombormű ), created in 1952 by Agamemnon Makrisz
traffic
Beloiannisz can only be reached via the secondary road No. 62108; the M6 motorway runs west of the municipality . Iváncsa railway station is one kilometer to the southwest on the Budapest - Pusztaszabolcs railway line . Buses from Besnyő and Dunaújváros stop in town, with the train playing a bigger role.