Csömör () is a village in the

Gödöllő District Gödöllő ( hu, Gödöllői járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. ''Gödöllő'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geogra ...

in Pest county, Hungary. It lies in the

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, north of the

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and west of

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, on the western part of the Gödöllő hills, in the turning of the Csömör stream. It has a population of 9,971 (2020).

History

Ceramic pieces were found from the

New Stone Age The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...

(3200–3000 BC) in the area of the ''Urasági-tag,'' the ''Bab-földek'' (bean fields) and the ''Rét-pótlék.'' Ceramic pieces were found from the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

(1900–1800 BC) on the area of the ''Urasági-tag'' and the ''Szeder-völgyi-dűlő''. On the 64 Erzsébet Street were found troves from the Vatyai Culture (1700–1400 BC). A Celtic cemetery was dug out behind the strand, which is from the

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

(380–300 BC). Between the troves there are bracelets,

fibula The fibula or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones. Its upper extremity is ...

s, chiffons, a scabbard with sword, and chain. During the third and the fourth century there was a

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village on the area of Csömör, both sides of the stream. During the explorations a

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bowl (from the third century) and pottery were found. Pieces of bowl were found on the area of the ''Réti-dűlő''s and ''Rétpótlék'' from the Avar age. Ceramic pieces were found on the area of the ''Káposztás''s and ''Réti-dűlő''s, that were made during the tenth and the eleventh century.

Memorial of communism's victims

In 2006 the Gloria Victis Memorial was created in honor of the casualties of universal communism: it is situated adjacent to the cemetery of the town.

Twin towns – sister cities

Csömör is twinned with: * Mojmírovce, Slovakia *

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, Romania

References

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* in Hungarian {{DEFAULTSORT:Csomor Budapest metropolitan area Populated places in Pest County