Nagyvázsony

	Nagyvázsony
	Nagyvázsony
	Nagyvázsony
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Central Transdanubia
County :	Veszprém
Small area until December 31, 2012 :	Veszprém
District since 1.1.2013 :	Veszprém
Coordinates :	46 ° 59 ' N , 17 ° 42' E Coordinates: 46 ° 59 '1 " N , 17 ° 41' 39" E
Area :	24.22 km²
Residents :	1,780 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Agglomeration :	1,848
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 88
Postal code :	8291
KSH kódja:	19196
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Szabolcs János Fábry (independent)
Postal address :	Kinizsi Pál u. 96 ; 8291 Nagyvázsony
Website :	nagyvazsony.hu
	(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Nagyvázsony (German Großwaschon ) is a municipality in Veszprém (Wesprim) county in Hungary . In 2015 it had 1,751 inhabitants.

geography

Nagyvázsony

Nagyvázsony is located in Central Transdanubia and in Veszprém County, about 25 km northwest of Lake Balaton . The next larger city is Veszprém , around 20 km northeast of Nagyvázsony. The village is around 130 km away from the capital Budapest . Nagyvázsony is located on the Eger brook and only a few kilometers from the Balaton-Felvidéki National Park .

Sights and facilities

Kiniszi Castle

In the north-west of the village is the Kiniszi castle, which was donated for the general of the Kingdom of Hungary Pal Kiniszi by the king of Hungary and Croatia , Matthias Corvinus , in the 14th century. Today Kiniszi's sarcophagus is still in the attached chapel. There are also three churches in the village: the Catholic Church of St. Stephen (originally Gothic, now Baroque), the Reformed and Evangelical Church, an ethnographic museum and the ruins of a Pauline monastery from the 14th century.

The village also has a postal museum, two schools and the joint self-government of several municipalities in the Veszprém district .