Markaz is a village in

Heves County Heves county (, ) lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest (county), Pest, Nógrád (county), Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and ...

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, under the in the

Mátra The Mátra () is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range. Formation Pre-volcanic formations The formation of the Mátra ...

mountain ranges. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 1698 (see Demographics). The village located 13.8 km from (Nr. 85) Vámosgyörk–Gyöngyös railway line, 10.3 km from the main road 3 and 18.1 km from the M3 motorway. The closest train station with public transport in

Gyöngyös Gyöngyös is a town in Heves County, Hungary, beside of the Gyöngyös creek, under the Mátra mountain ranges. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 27,957 (see Demographics). The town is located 8.4 km from the M3 motorway and 80.8 km ...

History

The name of the village is first mentioned in the 1332-37 papal tithe list. The name of the settlement was probably named by the

Kabar The Kabars (), also known as Qavars (Qabars) or Khavars, were Khazar rebels who joined Magyar tribes and the Rus' Khaganate confederations in the 9th century CE. Sources The Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII is the principal source of the Kaba ...

s, who called it as center (''markaz''). However the old church of the village, was

St. Mark Mark the Evangelist ( Koinē Greek: Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Mârkos''), also known as John Mark ( Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννης Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Iōánnēs Mârkos;'' Aramaic'': ܝܘܚܢܢ, romanized: Yōḥannān'') or Saint Mark ...

's church. The first well-known owners of the village were the Kompolti family, who built a castle on the hill above the village. In 1522 the became the landlord, but in 1544 the

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destroyed the castle and the population fled. The remains of the castle are still visible to this day. In the 17th century, the area was owned by the

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, , Petrovay, Huszár, Szunyogh and families. In 1742 Gáspár Bossányi reinstated the village with 40 most of the Slovak families. In 1770 were 560, in 1803 730 and in 1851 900 people lived in Markaz. Already in the 15th century, the population lived from

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. In the second half of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century, the grapes were reinstalled, after the destruction of the

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in 1885. The 19th century village's life at that time is presented by the

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. The

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was carried out after 1949 in

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form, but nowadays only a few families working in

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. Today's church was built in 1911 after the former church collapsed. The was created in 1968, which is used for

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and

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Demographics

According the 2022 census, 90.5% of the population were of Hungarian ethnicity, 1.9% were

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, 0.5% were

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and 9.4% were did not wish to answer. The religious distribution was as follows: 43.8%

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, 2.9%

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, 0.6%

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, 9.0% non-denominational, and 39.7% did not wish to answer. The

have a local nationality government. 48 people live beside of the lake and 17 in other outskirts. Population by years:

Politics

''Mayors since 1990'': * 1990–2002: József Szekrényes (independent) * 2002–2019: László Potoczki (independent) * 2019–: László Holló (independent)

References

Populated places in Heves County {{Heves-geo-stub