Bátorliget (before 1975: Aporliget)[1] is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Bátorliget | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
  Bátorliget  Bátorliget | |
| Coordinates: 47°45′45″N 22°16′21″E / 47.76242°N 22.27261°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.30 km2 (12.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 669 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4343 |
| Area code | 42 |
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
editIt 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
edit- ^ Bátorliget (in Hungarian)
- ^ "MVM cégtörténet". Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Bátorliget Pasture NCA". hnp.hu. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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