Battonya

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Battonya
Town
Aerial photography: Battonya - Temple
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Battonya
Coordinates: 46°17′N 21°1′E / 46.283°N 21.017°E / 46.283; 21.017
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District	Mezőkovácsháza
Area
• Total	145.77 km2 (56.28 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	5,960[1]
• Density	46.34/km2 (120.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5830
Area code	(+36) 68
Website	www.battonya.hu

Battonya (Romanian: Bătania, Serbian: Батања, romanized: Batanja) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs and Romanians.

Geography[]

It covers an area of 145.77 km² and has a population of 5960 people (2015).

History[]

Kingdom of Hungary stamp, issue 1874, cancelled at BATTONYA.

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After the Ottoman occupation until 1918, BATTONYA was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary;^[2] in Transleithania after the compromise of 1867 in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Battonya is twinned with:

• Pecica, Romania (1996)
• Beočin, Serbia (1997)
• Lipova, Romania (1997)

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battonya.

• Official website in Hungarian

Coordinates: 46°17′N 21°01′E / 46.283°N 21.017°E / 46.283; 21.017

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