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Country
  
Hungary

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
71.49 km²

Population
  
3,327 (2015)

County
  
Bács-Kiskun

Postal code
  
6521

Local time
  
Saturday 5:32 PM

Area code
  
79

Vaskút

Weather
  
23°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 30% Humidity

Vaskút (German: Waschkut or Eisenbrunn, Croatian: Baškut or Vaškut) is a large village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

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Map of Vask%C3%BAt, 6521 Hungary

Geography

It covers an area of 71.49 km². It has a population of 3327 people (2015).

Demographics

  • Magyars
  • Germans
  • Croats
  • Bunjevci
  • Before 1945, there was high share of Germans (Danube Swabians) in Vaskút's population, that spoke their own dialect of German language.
    After the war, numerous Magyars (Szeklers from Bukovina and Csángós from Moldavia) were settled here.

    Notable persons

  • Stefan Schoblocher (1937), writer
  • Fabijan Peštalić (1845–1909), Franciscan, important personality of national movement of the Danubian Croats
  • Grgur Peštalić (1755–1809), Franciscan, Croatian writer
  • References

    Vaskút Wikipedia