Nagymaros

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|image_caption = The tower of the Roman Catholic church of Nagymaros

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|subdivision_type1=County

|subdivision_name1=Pest

|subdivision_type2=District

|subdivision_name2=Szob

|area_total_km2=34.39

|population_total=4721

|population_as_of=2015

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|population_density_km2=auto

|postal_code_type=Postal code

|postal_code=2626

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|area_code=(+36) 27

|website= {{URL|http://www.nagymaros.hu/}}

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Nagymaros ({{langx|de|Großmarosch}}, {{langx|sk|Veľká Maruša}}) is a town in Pest county, Hungary.

Etymology

The name comes from Maroš, the Slavic form of Marianus.{{cite book |last=Kiss |first=Lajos |title=Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára|location=Budapest |page=448|publisher=Akadémiai |year=1978 |language=Hungarian}}{{cite book |last=Stanislav |first=Ján |author-link=Ján Stanislav |title=Slovenský juh v stredoveku II.| page=337| publisher=Slovenské literárne centrum |year=2004 |language=Slovak |ISBN=80-88878-89-6}} Nagymaros—"Greater Maros" (Hungarian). The first written mention is Morus (1257).{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Notable people

György Szabados (1939–2011), jazz musician
Mihály Nagymarosi (1919–2002), footballer
László Szalma (b. 1957), long jumper
Tibor Gánti (1933–2009), biochemist

Twin towns – sister cities

Nagymaros is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Kis-, Nagy- és Oroszgejőc, Grevesmühlen|url=https://nagymaros.hu/kis-nagy-es-oroszgejc/|website=nagymaros.hu|publisher=Nagymaros|language=hu|access-date=2021-09-28}}{{cite web |title=Partnerské obce|url=https://www.gabcikovo.sk/sk/uvod/partnerske-obce|website=gabcikovo.sk|publisher=Gabčíkovo|language=sk|access-date=2021-09-28}}

{{flagicon|SVK}} Gabčíkovo, Slovakia
{{flagicon|GER}} Grevesmühlen, Germany
{{flagicon|UKR}} Velyki Heivtsi, Ukraine

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.nagymaros.hu/}} in Hungarian
[http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=31732 Street map] {{in lang|hu}}

Category:Populated places in Pest County