| Region | Southern Great Plain |
|---|---|
| County | Bács-Kiskun |
| District | Kunszentmiklós |
| Coordinates | 46°52′51″N 18°57′35″E |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| Time zone (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area total | 31.94 km² |
| Population as of | 2015 |
| Population total | 2010 |
| Postal code | 6088 |
| Area code | 78 |
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
It covers an area of 31.94 km2 (12 sq mi) and has a population 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, Slovakia.
References
- Gervers-Molnár Vera: A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary.) (Mûvészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972.
Notes
- ^ "Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005." (in Croatian) (462 KB) Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,
External links
- (in Hungarian) Apostag Község hivatalos honlapja
- (in Hungarian) Apostag a Vendégvárón
- (in Hungarian) Apostag.lap.hu
- (in Hungarian) Légifotók Apostagról