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Biatorbágy

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Country
  
Hungary

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
43.8 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 6:26 AM

County
  
Pest

Postal code
  
2051

Population
  
12,294 (2005)

Area code
  
23

Biatorbágy

Weather
  
5°C, Wind NW at 16 km/h, 92% Humidity

Biatorbágy (German: Wiehall-Kleinturwall) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 10,720 (2007).

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Map of Biatorb%C3%A1gy, Hungary

On 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy.

Districts

  • Bia (German: Wiehall)
  • Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall)
  • Notable residents

  • Csaba Horváth (b. 1971), canoeist
  • Ferenc Juhász (b. 1928), poet
  • Gyula Juhász (1930 - 1993), historian and Ferenc's brother.
  • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Biatorbágy is twinned with:

  • Herbrechtingen, Germany (1989)
  • Remetea, Romania (2001)
  • Kiti, Cyprus (2004)
  • Dolný Štál, Slovakia (2012)
  • Velyka Dobron, Ukraine (2013)
  • References

    Biatorbágy Wikipedia