Hegyhátszentjakab 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 ...
in
Vas County, in the west
region
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of
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning 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 ...
.
It is an ancient area with Roman-era tombs and monuments. The Hungarians settled here during the time of Saint Stephen.
The first documented mention of the settlement on the edge of Őrség dates back to 1310, and it was named after the patron saint of its church, Saint James the Apostle. The church was built in the 13th century and was bought by the Esterházy family in 1738.
During the 20th century, the village suffered losses during both World Wars. Today, it is known for its Vadása Lake, and about one-third of its population is Lutheran.
Geography
It covers an
area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...
of 832.22ha and has a
population
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of 300 people (2005).
References
Populated places in Vas County
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