Biatorbágy

47°28′16″N 18°49′31″E / 47.47119°N 18.82520°E / 47.47119; 18.82520Country HungaryCountyPestDistrictBudakesziArea • Total43.80 km² (16.91 sq mi)Population • Total13,132 • Density300/km² (780/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code(+36) 23MotorwaysM0, M1Distance from Budapest21.7 km (13.5 mi) EastWebsitewww.biatorbagy.hu

Biatorbágy (German: Wiehall-Kleinturwall) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 13,889 (2019). It was created in 1966 by the merger of Bia (German: Wiehall) and Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall).

Districts

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

History

On 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy. Killing 22 and injuring up to 122 people, 17 severely, it has been the most notorious sabotage on his crime history.

Sport

• Biatorbágyi SE, association football club

Twin towns – sister cities

Biatorbágy is twinned with:^[2]

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

Notable people

• Ferenc Juhász (1928–2015), poet
• Gyula Juhász (1930–1993), historian
• Csaba Horváth (born 1971), canoeist

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