Szatymaz is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Csongrád Csongrád ( ro, Ciongrad; tr, Conğrad sr, Чонград, Čongrad, archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd'') is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary. History At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the ...

county, in the

Southern Great Plain The Southern Great Plain ( hu, Dél-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes three counties: * Bács-Kiskun * Békés * Csongrád-Csanád See ...

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of southern

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. The village lies 12 kilometers northwest of

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

, neighboring Lake Fehér, a part of

Kiskunság National Park Kiskunság National Park ( hu, Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park) is a national park located in Danube–Tisza Interfluve mainly in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It was created in 1975 and declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO. The park covers an a ...

. Szatymaz is accessible via the M5-Motorway, and by rail via Szeged-Budapest train lines, including the

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trains which pass through the village.

History

The area around Szatymaz has been inhabited since the

early 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 prin ...

(2500–1700 B.C.). Archaeological remains of settlements dating from the time of the

Pannonian Avars The Pannonian Avars () were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in chronicles of Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai ( el, Βαρχονίτες, Varchonítes), or Pseudo-Avars ...

, and the early

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

have been found in Szatymaz and its surroundings. The name "Szatymaz" likely derives from an old

Cuman The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian exonym ), were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many so ...

family name. Szatymaz was first mentioned in writing as a location on a 1676 Hapsburg map, which identified it as a postal stop between

and

Kistelek Kistelek is a town in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city ...

. During the first half of the 18th century, inhabitants of Szeged bought land, and built small buildings around the postal stop to be used for agriculture and animal husbandry. These initial settlements soon developed into permanently inhabited farms, and

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were cultivated.

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bearing the names ''Ádokhegy'', ''Neszűrjhegy'' and ''Szűcsök hegye'' were established. Following the completion of the Szeged-Budapest railway in 1854, the vineyards of Szatymaz became a popular vacation spot for Szeged's

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, some of whom even built villas there, which are no longer standing. Following this settlement, today's village of Szatymaz took shape, and in 1902 the village church was constructed using donations from locals. In the August of

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, following the Hungarian Soviet Republic's 131-day reign of terror which left over 500 dead, 10

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were publicly hanged in Szatymaz under the command of

Pál Prónay Pál Prónay de Tótpróna et Blatnicza (November 2, 1874 – 1947 or 1948) was a Hungarian reactionary and paramilitary commander in the years following the First World War. He is considered to have been the most brutal of the Hungarian Natio ...

, and one was shot by general Bibó Dénes.

Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 4675 people (2015). Szatymaz lies in the

region of Hungary.

Demographics

Szatymaz has a current population of 4,728 inhabitants. The village is 50.7% female, and 49.3% male, and 71.5% of its population is between the ages of 15 and 65. In 2001, 100.0% of the village inhabitants identified themselves as Hungarian. According to the 2011 census, Szatymaz is 98.6% Hungarian, 0.2% gypsy, 0.5% German, 0.2% Romanian, and 0.5% Serb, and is 48.4% Roman Catholic, 2.5% Calvinist, 0.5% Evangelical, 0,2% Greek Orthodox, 20.7% non-denominational, and 25.8% of the population chose not to answer.

References

Szatymaz Szatymaz is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The village lies 12 kilometers northwest of Szeged, neighboring Lake Fehér, a part of Kiskunság National Park. Szatymaz is accessible via the M ...

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