Döge is a
village
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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
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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
Döge is located in the northwestern part of the county, in the Rétköz region, on the left bank of the
Tisza
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river. It covers an
area
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of and has a
population
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of 2,206 people (2013 estimate).
Population
In 2001, 96% of the population identified as Hungarian, and 4% identified as Roma ethnicity.
During the 2011 census, 89.4% of the residents identified as Hungarian, 8.1% as Roma, and 0.5% as Ukrainian (10.4% did not declare their ethnicity; the total sum may be higher than 100% due to dual identities). The religious distribution was as follows: Roman Catholic 15.3%, Reformed 59.4%, Greek Catholic 7.2%, Lutheran 0.2%, non-denominational 2.7% (14.3% did not respond).
Döge
''Helységnévtár''
Neighboring settlements
Neighboring settlements are: Fényeslitke to the northeast, Kisvárda
Kisvárda (; , ) is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary near the border of Slovakia and Ukraine. It is the 3rd largest town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg after Nyíregyháza and Mátészalka ...
to the south, Kékcse to the southwest, and Szabolcsveresmart to the northwest.
Among the important nearby settlements, Kisvárda is 2 kilometers away, Szabolcsveresmart is 11 kilometers away, Komoró is 7.5 kilometers away, Fényeslitke is 5 kilometers away, and Tuzsér is 12 kilometers away.
Access
The town is crossed by main road 4, making it the most important road access route from other parts of the country. However, the main road bypasses the inhabited areas, and only the road 3832, which runs between Kisvárda and Szabolcsveresmart, passes through the town center. It is also connected to Fényeslitke by road 3839 and intersects with road 4145.
Among the domestic railway lines, the town is located on the (Budapest–)Szolnok–Debrecen–Nyíregyháza–Záhony railway line on its eastern border. However, there is no railway station in the town; the nearest railway connections are the Kisvárda-Hármasút stop and Fényeslitke railway station, both located approximately 3-4 kilometers away from the center of Döge.
History
Döge is a settlement from the era of the Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
. Its name was first mentioned in documents in 1284 as Kysduge.
Around 1270-1290, it was referred to as Dioga, later as Kis- and Nagy-Döge.
In the early 1300s, the Várday family owned the settlement.
In the first half of the 1500s, it belonged to the Cserney and Soós families.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was owned by several families, including the Esterházy
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, Szögyényi, Horváth, Nozdroviczky, Erőss, and Salamon families.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Elek and Ferenczy families owned land here. In 1944, Jármy Mária was a major landowner.
In the 1910 census, it had a population of 1,725, of which 1,721 were Hungarian, including 1,330 Reformed, 262 Roman Catholic, and 74 Greek Catholic.
In the early 1900s, it belonged to the Kisvárdai district of Szabolcs County.
Government
Mayors of Döge have included:
*1990-1994: Ferenc Vincze (independent)
References
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Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County