Vámosatya
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Vámosatya is a
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the
Northern Great Plain The Northern Great Plain ( ) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Be ...
region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
of eastern
Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
.


Geography

It covers an area of and has a population of 556 people (2015).


History

The name of the village Vámosatya first appears in deeds in 1289 as Athya, Athyas. Later, the area was also owned by the Gutkeled family, the Gacsályi family and the Guthians. The suffix can be derived from the last name. The prefix "customs" in its name indicates that it was once a customs collection point, a settlement with customs rights. The settlement on the east-west trade route was allowed to charge customs for the passage. It was mentioned in written sources as early as the 13th century, and in 1333 it was already listed as a populated place in the register of papal tithes. Father's customs was first mentioned in 1399 in the diplomas and literature known so far. The castle of the Büdy family was mentioned in a charter of 1557, according to which it was abandoned by Mihály Büdy and occupied by Queen Isabért Balassa with Kristóff Hagymási. The castle was recaptured by the Büdys in 1563, but in 1564, when István Báthory was under siege by the Transylvanian prince, it was handed over to him for free retreat. Báthory demolished the castle. In 1567 the Tartars ravaged the village and the inhabitants were deported. However, the village soon became a significant place again, as a county assembly was held here in 1658 and 1710. On 9 December 1874, Sándor Csanády, the landowner, wrote a 710-acre inner paternal plot and 6 acres of land in Hetény in the name of "Lajos Kossuth, a Turin resident", so that he could be elected. Kossuth resigned from these in 1879, after the consecration of the Naturalization Act.


Economy


References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub