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Apostag

Coordinates: 46°52′51″N 18°57′35″E / 46.88083°N 18.95972°E / 46.88083; 18.95972
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Apostag
Coat of arms of Apostag
Apostag is located in Bács-Kiskun County
Apostag
Apostag
Location of Apostag in Bács-Kiskun County
Apostag is located in Hungary
Apostag
Apostag
Location of Apostag in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°52′51″N 18°57′35″E / 46.88083°N 18.95972°E / 46.88083; 18.95972
Country Hungary
RegionSouthern Great Plain
CountyBács-Kiskun
DistrictKunszentmiklós
Area
 • Total
31.94 km2 (12.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
2,010
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6088
Area code78

Apostag is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Croats in Hungary call this village Štagara.[1]

Geography

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It covers an area of 31.94 km2 (12 sq mi) and has a population of 2010 people (2015).

History

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In the medieval ages the village had a rotunda with 12 sided poligonal shape and its patrocinium was: The 12 Apostles. There was also similar patrocinium of Bény rotunda, recently in Bíňa, Slovakia.

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References

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  • Gervers-Molnár Vera: A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary.) (Mûvészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005" (in Croatian). (462 KB) Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,
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