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Ács Légifotó
Ács (german: Atsch) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northern Hungary. Geography Ács is located in Komárom District on the eastern side of the Little Hungarian Plain near where the Concó River enters the Danube. It is below the Bársonyosi Hills, at the point where the Székes joins the Concó, three kilometer south of the Danube and eight kilometers southwest of the city of Komárno. History Ács was a settlement in Roman times, in the province of Pannonia. There were two Roman castra, ''Ad Mures'' and ''Ad Statuas'', in the area. An early mention in the 13th century called the place ''Iwan de As''; and a document in 1346 called it ''Alchy''. In 1970 it was declared a large commune ('' Nagyközség''); and on 1 July 2007 it received town status. Twin towns – sister cities Ács is twinned with: * Zlatná na Ostrove, Slovakia * Brăduț Brăduț ( ro, Brăduț; hu, Bardóc) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of four village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns Of Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: ''község'', plural: ''községek'') of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: ''nagyközség'', plural: ''nagyközségek''). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (''megyei jogú város'' – town with county rights). All county seats except Budapest are urban counties. Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development. The largest city is the capital, Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
