Kocs
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Central Transdanubia | ||||
| County : | Komárom-Esztergom | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Tata | ||||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 36 ' N , 18 ° 13' E | ||||
| Area : | 58.32 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 2,594 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 44 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 34 | ||||
| Postal code : | 2898 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 02510 | ||||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | |||||
| Community type : | local community | ||||
| Mayoress : | Jánosné Bódis (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Komáromi út 5 2898 Kocs |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Kocs [ ˈkotʃ ] is a municipality with about 2,600 inhabitants in the small area of Tata in Komárom-Esztergom County in northern Hungary . The first settlement in the area of today's Koc dates from the Bronze Age , the place was first mentioned in a document in 1237.
In the early modern era, Kocs was famous for the manufacture of spring-loaded coaches, an invention that has been forgotten since Roman times. The term carriage is derived from the Hungarian kocsi , which means "from Kocs".
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