Bátorliget

Bátorliget (before 1975: Aporliget)[1] is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Bátorliget
Bátorliget
Bátorliget
Coordinates: 47°45′45″N 22°16′21″E
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
  Total33.30 km2 (12.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total669
  Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4343
Area code42

The village (then named Aporliget) was the last one to be electrified in the country, on August 20, 1963, thus completing the 75-year-long process of electrification (which incidentally started in a nearby town, Mátészalka, in 1888).[2]

Geography

It covers an area of 33.30 km2 (13 sq mi) and has a population of 669 people (2015).

Nearby is Bátorliget Pasture NCA (Nature Conservation Area).[3]

References

  1. Bátorliget (in Hungarian)
  2. "MVM cégtörténet". Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  3. "Bátorliget Pasture NCA". hnp.hu. Retrieved 26 August 2015.


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