Cserénfa

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| settlement_type = Village

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| image_shield = HUN Cserénfa COA.svg

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| image_map = Image:SomogyMegye.png

| mapsize = 275px

| map_caption = Location of Somogy county in Hungary

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{HUN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Southern Transdanubia

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Somogy

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Kaposvár

| subdivision_type4 = RC Diocese

| subdivision_name4 = Kaposvár

| area_total_km2 = 17.75

| population_total = 198[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=25681 Cserénfa, KSH]

| population_as_of = 2017

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = cserénfai

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 7472

| area_code = (+36) 82

| blank4_name_sec1 = NUTS 3 code

| blank4_info_sec1 = HU232

| blank5_name_sec2 = MP

| blank5_info_sec2 = Attila Gelencsér (Fidesz)

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cserénfa

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| website = {{URL|http://www.cserenfa.hu|Cserénfa Online}}

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Cserénfa is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Etymology

Its name derives from the South Slavic person name Cserin and the -fa part ist a short form of falva ({{langx|en|village}}).[http://somogy.hu/publikaciok/kiraly-lajos-somogyi-helysegnevek-nepi-es.html Lajos Király : Somogyi helységnevek népi és ...]

History

According to László Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.[https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/SOMM_SomAlm_052/?pg=10&layout=s&query=korpád László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)]

Sport

Cserénfa Speedway was a motorcycle speedway venue off the Fő utca.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AfSXItTpBc |title=1993.05.23. Speedway continental középdöntő - Cserénfa (HUN) |website=YouTube |access-date=13 February 2024}} The venue hosted a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1993.{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=13 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=13 February 2024}}

The same site was also an international motocross venue, which itself was demolished during the 1990s, with the site being marked by the motocross pálya building.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorage.hu/2019/04/03/volt-egyszer-egy-cserenfa/ |title=Volt egyszer egy……Cserénfa |website=Motorage |access-date=13 February 2024}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001063150/http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=25681 Street map (Hungarian)]

References

Category:Populated places in Somogy County