Ágasegyháza 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 ...

and

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in Bács-Kiskun county, in the

Southern Great Plain The Southern Great Plain ( ) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Békés, and Csongrád-Csanád. The region is in the ...

region of southern

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Name

The village's name originates from the old Hungarian personal name Agus. This may came from the noun ''ág'' ('branch'), or was more likely a variation of

Ákos Ákos is a Hungarian name. Today, it is mainly a masculine given name. It may refer to: Middle Ages * Ákos (clan), a medieval Hungarian clan ** Ákos (chronicler) (d. after 1273) ** Ernye Ákos (d. after 1275) Given name * Ákos Szab ...

. This way it would mean 'the temple of Ákos'. In 1353, 1353 and 1429, the village was recorded as ''Agaseghaz''.

Geography

It covers an

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of and has a population of 1920 people as of 2002. The village has a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of . The village's

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is 6076 and the area code is 76.

References

Geography of Bács-Kiskun County Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County {{Bacs-geo-stub