Zagyvaszántó is a village located in

Heves Heves is a small town in eastern Hungary. About 100 km east of Budapest, Heves lies at the northern extreme of the Great Hungarian Plain, just south of the Mátra and Bükk hills and west of the Tisza River. Heves gave its name to the Heves ...

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, among the foothills of the

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mountain range. The closest significant town is

Hatvan Hatvan is a town in Heves county, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". Etymology Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a common urban legend that the town got this name because it is 60 km from Budapest, but in fact the na ...

Etymology

Its name consists of two Hungarian words: '''Zagyva''' and '''szántó'''.

Zagyva The Zagyva is a river in Hungary. Its length is 179 km, and drains an area of about 5,677 km2. The source is near Salgótarján in Nógrád county. It flows through the towns of Bátonyterenye, Pásztó, Hatvan and Jászberény and flows ...

is the river which runs next to the village, while '''szántó means 'field'.

History

The settlement's name is first mentioned in 1290 in a diploma, in which it is called '''Zántho''' (which is the equivalent of '''szántó). During the Ottoman-Hungarian wars the region was depopulated. In the middle of the 1900s the population started to rise rapidly. Since the start of the millennium the population is slowly decreasing. The 700th anniversary was celebrated in 1999.

International relations

Zagyvaszántó is the

sister city A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

of Csomakoros,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zagyvaszántó Populated places in Heves County