Kövegy

Kövegy
Kövegy
Village
	Roman Catholic church in Kövegy
	Coat of arms
	Interactive map of Kövegy
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád
Area
• Total	9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	362
• Density	37.3/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6912
Area code	62

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

Geography

It covers an area of 9.71 km² (4 sq mi) and has a population of 362 people (2015).^[1]

History

In 1764 it was still mentioned as a wasteland, in 1843 more than 120 families of Catholic tobacco growers from the surrounding settlements settled here. It belonged to Csanádpalota until 1882, then it became an independent settlement. From 1973 to 1990, it was a village with a joint council with Csanádpalota. It has been an independent settlement since 1990.

References

1 2 Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015

46°13′N 20°41′E / 46.217°N 20.683°E / 46.217; 20.683

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[HunStat2015-1] 1 2 Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015

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