Kőkút
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Southern Transdanubia | ||||
| County : | Somogy | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Kadarkút | ||||
| District since 1.1.2013 : | Kaposvár | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 12 ' N , 17 ° 34' E | ||||
| Area : | 20.23 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 636 (Jan. 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 82 | ||||
| Postal code : | 7530, 7535 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 13745 | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2020) | |||||
| Community type : | local community | ||||
| Structure : | Kőkút, Alsótapazd, Gyöngyöspuszta | ||||
| Mayor : | Anikó Julianna Boros (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Arany János et al. 10 7530 Kőkút |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Kőkút is a Hungarian community in the county Kaposvár in Somogy county . The districts Alsótapazd and Gyöngyöspuszta, a good two kilometers southeast, belong to the municipality.
Geographical location
Kőkút is located about 25 kilometers southwest of the district town of Kaposvár and five kilometers southwest of the city of Kadarkút . The neighboring municipality of Hencse is three kilometers to the east.
history
The name of the place comes from a stone-covered spring ( kőkút ). From 1908 there was a state primary school in town and from 1902 to 1927 a credit union. At that time, 49 percent of the area was arable, 19 percent pasture, 15 percent wine-growing area, 8 percent meadows, 2 percent forest and less than one percent gardens. In 1925, two teachers worked in the school in the municipality that had become independent. About 60 percent of the residents could read and write. At that time there was a local reading group, a firefighter and a rifle association. Three blacksmiths and a shoemaker did their work in the village. There were two spice and general stores, a pub and a tobacconist. From 1936 to 1949, the municipality lost its independence and was administered by the Kadarkút municipality. In 1949 the community became independent again and in that year had 604 inhabitants. Between 1960 and 1974 there was the Petőfi production cooperative in the village.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Imre Kercza (1940–2019), journalist and editor-in-chief
Attractions
- Festetics hunting lodge ( Festetics vadászkastély ) in the district of Gyöngyöspuszta
- Roman Catholic Chapel Szent Vendel with a separate bell tower
traffic
The secondary roads No. 66164 and No. 66166 meet in Kőkút. The nearest train station is 20 kilometers north in Kiskorpád .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Öt Èvre kaptak bizalmat a somogyi polgármesterek. Sonline, October 14, 2019, accessed February 29, 2020 (Hungarian).
- ↑ Magyarország helységnévtára: Kőkút. Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, accessed on April 3, 2020 (Hungarian).
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