Apostag is a
village
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Bács-Kiskun county, in the
Southern Great Plain region
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of southern
Hungary
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.
Croats
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in Hungary call this village ''Štagara''.
[ Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,]
Geography
It covers an
area
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of and has a
population
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of 2010 people (2015).
History
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
Bíňa () is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.
Geography
The village lies at an elevation of 132 metres (433 ft) and covers an area of 23.501 km² (9.074 mi²).
Hi ...
,
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
.
Gallery
File:Apostag3.jpg
File:Evangélikus templom, légifotó, Apostag1.jpg
File:Apostag2.jpg
References
* Gervers-Molnár Vera: A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary.) (Mûvészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972.
Notes
External links
Apostag Község hivatalos honlapjaApostag a VendégvárónApostag.lap.huLégifotók Apostagról
Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County
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