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Tótkomlós

{{Expand Hungarian|topic=geo|Tótkomlós|date=December 2009}}

{{Infobox settlement

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{HUN}}

|image_shield =HUN Tótkomlós Címer.svg

|image_flag = Flag of Tótkomlós.svg

|image_skyline = Tótkomlós - view from the church tower.jpg

|image_caption = View from the Protestant church tower

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|timezone=CET

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|official_name=Tótkomlós

|other_name=Slovenský Komlóš

|picture=

|subdivision_type1=County

|subdivision_name1=Békés

|subdivision_type2=District

|subdivision_name2=Orosháza

|area_total_km2=125.05

|population_as_of=2012

|population_total=5780

|population_density_km2=46.22

|postal_code_type=Postal code

|postal_code=5940

|area_code_type=Area code

|area_code=(+36) 68

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

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Tótkomlós ({{langx|sk|Slovenský Komlóš}}) is a town in Békés County, Hungary.

Name

Komlós means "(place) with hops" in Hungarian, while prefix Tót is the word for Slovaks in old Hungarian. Hops also can be found in the coat of arms of the town.

Geography

Tótkomlós is located in the Great Hungarian Plain {{convert|225|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast from Budapest. Mezőtúr-Orosháza-Mezőhegyes railway line crosses the town.Magyarország autóatlasz, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2004, {{ISBN|963-03-7576-1}}

History

The Medieval village was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt after 1715 with Slovak settlers. Hungarians became the majority after the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange.Károly Kocsis (DSc, University of Miskolc) – Zsolt Bottlik (PhD, Budapest University) – Patrik Tátrai: Etnikai térfolyamatok a Kárpát-medence határon túli régióiban, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Földrajtudományi Kutatóintézet (Academy of Geographical Studies); Budapest; 2006.; {{ISBN|963-9545-10-4}}, CD Atlas

People

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}

=Twin towns — Sister cities=

Tótkomlós is twinned with:

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Tótkomlós}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.totkomlos.hu/}} in Hungarian and Slovak

{{Orosháza District}}

{{Békés County}}

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Category:Populated places in Békés County

Category:Slovak communities in Hungary

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