Acsa

This article is about a village in Hungary. For organisations abbreviated ACSA, see ACSA.
Acsa
Coat of arms
Acsa
Location of Acsa in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°47′49.45″N 19°22′53.54″E
CountryHungary
RegionCentral Hungary
CountyPest
SubregionVáci
RankVillage
Government
 • MayorRezső Szekeres[1]
Area
 • Total26.94 km2 (10.40 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2008)[3]
 • Total1,528
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2683
Area code+36 27
KSH code18573[2]
Websitewww.acsa.hu/index.php

Acsa is a village in Pest County, Hungary.

Location

The village lies at the foot of the Cserhát hills by the upper River Galga in Pest County, near the border with Nógrád County.

Population

Most of Acsa's population is Slovakian.

Communications

Route 2108 serves the village by road from Aszód and Balassagyarmat. Stopping trains of the Hungarian State Railways serve the village on line 78 (Aszód–Balassagyarmat–Ipolytarnóc). Acsa and Erdőkürt share a station ("Acsa-Erdőkürt"), between Püspökhatvan and Galgaguta.

History

The first known mention of the village as "Acha" was in 1341. At that time the village was owned by the Achai family and from 1422 it was the Palatine Miklós Garai's property. During Turkish rule (see Ottoman Hungary) the village was demolished, but later on Slovaks settled. From 1730 the village was the Prónay family's land.

Landmarks
Prónay Castle
  • The baroque Prónay castle, which was built around 1775 by Giovanni Battista Carlone (it is in Acsaújlak, but is not open to visitors)
  • The ruins of Csővár to the north
  • The Roman Catholic church, built in 1747
  • The village museum

Famous people

Sándor Prónay, knight and chamberlain, was born in Acsa in 1760.

References
  1. "Közérdekű információk -> hivatalok" [Public information -> Mayors' offices] (in Hungarian). cegexpo.hu. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  2. Acsa at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  3. Acsa at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2008


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