Galgamácsa is a village in Pest county, Hungary. Since 2019, the mayor has been Tamás Ecker.[3]
Galgamácsa | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Galgamácsa Location of Galgamácsa in Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 47°41′42″N 19°23′04″E / 47.69511°N 19.38439°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| County | Pest |
| Subregion | Veresegyházi |
| Rank | Village |
| Area | |
• Total | 43.31 km2 (16.72 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2008)[2] | |
• Total | 1,981 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2183 |
| Area code | +36 28 |
| KSH code | 27128[1] |
| Website | https://www.galgamacsa.hu/ |
Since 1977, the village has had a museum, the Vankóné Dudás Juli Memorial House, dedicated primarily to the work of folk artist Juli Vankóné Dudás, born in Galgamácsa.[4] She contributed significantly to its creation.[5]
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Demographics
editAs of 2021[update], the population was 1837 individuals. 88.5% of the population described themselves as Hungarian, 0.9% as Roma, 0.4% as Bulgarian, 0.4% as German, 0.3% as Slovak, 0.2% as Romanian, 0.1% as Serbian, 0.3% as other non-Hungarian, and 11.5% did not answer. Most of the population is Roman Catholic (55.3%), with a sizeable minority of Lutherans and other Protestants and those who identified not belonging to a religious denomination.[6]
History
editThe earliest known mention of the village is in the 1230s. In the 14th century Turkish occupation, all of the buildings of the village except the church were destroyed.
References
edit- ^ a b Galgamácsa at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
- ^ Galgamácsa at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2008
- ^ "Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019 - Galgamácsa (Pest megye)" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Polgármesteri köszöntő - Egyéb - Tartalom". www.galgamacsa.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ Balázs, Eszter. "Vankóné Dudás Juli Díjjal ismerték el a Médiaközpont munkatársának munkásságát | SZIE". Szent Istvan Egyetem (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Magyarország helységnévtára". www.ksh.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
47°42′N 19°23′E / 47.700°N 19.383°E
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