Kisszállás is a

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and

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in Bács-Kiskun county, in the

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of southern

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in Hungary call this village ''Salašica''. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,

Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

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of 2878 people (2005).
Kisszállás in Google Maps
* More info in Hungarian Wiki

History

The area has long been settlement for different nations. Avars,

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and even Turkish people have lived there for centuries and left their footsteps there. A

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and an Avar cemetery have been discovered in Kisszállás proving this. The Hungarian village was founded by the unification of 7 other small villages in the middle of the 19th century. Since then, its citizens have made there living by using the great topsoil for agricultural purposes. Now, approximately 2,800 people live in the village. The common religion is Roman Catholic and most people are still make their living in the field of agriculture. The name of the settlement: 'Kisszállás' in Hungarian is a compound word. The first part of the name (Kis-) means small, and the second part (- szállás) is a common Hungarian settlement ending like '-ville' in American. So, technically Kisszállás is the Hungarian Smallville.

Sources

Kisszállás information portal (Halasregio.hu)

Kisszállás map (Terkepcentrum.hu)

Hungarian National and History Symbols
Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County {{Bacs-geo-stub