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Tömörkény

Village in Csongrád, Hungary

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Country

HungaryCountyCsongrádArea

• Total53.91 km² (20.81 sq mi)Population

(2015)

• Total1,712^[1] • Density37/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

6646

Area code63

Tömörkény is a village near the town of Csongrád in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 53.91 km² (21 sq mi) and in 2015 had a population of 1,712.^[1]

History

The first settlement was built by the Sarmatians and the Avars. Archeological excavations uncovered a cemetery and iron working equipment. The village first appeared in writing in the 11th century, as "Temerken".^{[clarification needed]} The colloquial form is 'temürkän', meaning 'arrowhead' (Oghuz Turkic equivalent is 'dämrän').^[2] In Turkish times, a small fortress defended the local people. The old village was a harbor to move through the Tisza River. Nowadays, it is a typical agricultural village.

References

^ ^a ^b Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
^ Ligeti, Lajos. A Magyar nyelv Török kapcsolatai a honfoglalás előttes az Árpád-korban (in Hungarian). p. 543.