Vécs 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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, beside of the Tarnóca creek. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 608 (see Demographics). The village located 5,2 km far from the (Nr. 84) Kisterenye–Kál-Kápolna railway line and 11,7 km far from the main road 3 and 16,3 km far from the

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. Although the

Feldebrő Feldebrő is a village in Heves County, Hungary, beside of the Tarna River. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 1000 (see Demographics). The village located beside of the (Nr. 84) Kisterenye–Kál-Kápolna railway line and 6,8 km far from ...

railway stop is the closest, but public transport on the railway line ceased on . The closest train station with public transport in Ludas 14,5 km far.

History

Memories from the

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and the

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confirm the early appearance of humans. The name of the village first appeared in the papal tithe list of 1332-37 in the form ''Weck'', later documents mention it in the form ''Wech(e)''. It was the property of the Vécsi family, and in 1438 it was owned by László Vécsi, the viscount of the county. At the end of the 15th century, due to the infidelity of Gábor Vécsi, King Matthias I confiscated the village and donated it to Urban Nagylucsei the bishop of

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights, Eger is best known for Castle of Eger, its ...

. It was depopulated during the Ottoman rule. At the end of the 17th century, it belonged to the Kisnána estate, in 1715 it was a curial village, before 1848 it was a lordly village, and after 1871 it was a large village. The main source of livelihood for its inhabitants is wheat, corn, grapes, green fodder and lentils were cultivated. In the 20th century built the

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church. According to the documents of the National Wine Certification Institute between 1920 and 1960, Hungary's best

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grapes grown on the Sáfrányosi vineyard in Vécs, which had a temperature of 30-33 M°. István Csordás, an engineer born in Vécs, who was the builder and owner of the Vécs Castle, played a role in the development of the designed by Captain Zoltán Vécsey. Before 1950, the village belonged administratively to

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 ...

, and since then it is an independent village.

Demographics

According the 2022 census, 93.5% of the population were of Hungarian ethnicity, 14.7% were

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, 0,7% were

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and 6.2% were did not wish to answer. The religious distribution was as follows: 37.6%

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, 5.7%

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, 0.8%

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, 6.9% non-denominational, and 45.3% did not wish to answer. The

have a local nationality government. No population in farms. Population by years:

Politics

''Mayors since 1990'': * 1990–1998: István Búzás (independent) * 1998–2001: Endre Simon (independent) * 2001–2002: Béla Galgóczy (independent) * 2002–2006: István Buzás (independent) * 2006–2019: Mrs. Attila Szlovencsák (independent) * 2019–: István Gellén (independent)

References

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