Ács
Ács | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Ács Location of Ács | |
| Coordinates:47°42′36″N18°00′58″E/ 47.71°N 18.016°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Komárom-Esztergom |
| District | Komárom |
| Area | |
| • Total | 103.83 km2(40.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 122 m (400 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 7,260 |
| • Density | 69.92/km2(181.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Postal code | 2941 |
| Area code | (+36) 34 |
| Motorways | M1 |
| Distance from Budapest | 98.2 km (61.0 mi) Southeast |
| Website | www |
Ács(‹See Tfd›German:Atsch) is a town inKomárom-Esztergomcounty, northernHungary.
Geography
[edit]Ács is located inKomárom Districton the eastern side of theLittle Hungarian Plainnear where theConcó Riverenters theDanube. It is below the Bársonyosi Hills, at the point where the Székes joins the Concó, three kilometer south of the Danube and eight kilometers southwest of the city ofKomárno.
Name
[edit]The name literally means "carpenter". It refers to the carpenters who lived here in service to the king. The place name is attested asAsin 1260 and 1270 and asAlchin 1297.[1]
History
[edit]Ács was a settlement in Roman times, in the province ofPannonia.[2]There were two Romancastra,Ad MuresandAd Statuas,in the area.[3]
An early mention in the 13th century called the placeIwan de As;and a document in 1346 called itAlchy.[4]
In 1970 it was declared a large commune (Nagyközség); and on 1 July 2007 it received town[5]status.[6]
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Ács istwinnedwith:
Zlatná na Ostrove,Slovakia
Brăduț,Romania
Steinau,Germany
Notes and references
[edit]- ^Kiss, Lajos (1980).Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára.Budapest:Akadémiai Kiadó.ISBN963-05-2277-2.
- ^"Rómaiak éltek Ács határában"[Romans lived in the border of Ács] (in Hungarian). Múlt-kor. 7 May 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2018.
- ^"Kalandozások Pannóniában: római tábor az őskori kút mellett"(in Hungarian). Múlt-kor. 30 October 2007.Archivedfrom the original on 2 March 2017.
- ^Borovszky, Samu, ed. (1907). "Ács".Magyarország vármegyéi és városai[The counties and cities of Hungary] (in Hungarian). Vol. 11. Komarom varmegye es Komarom. Budapest: Orszagos Monografia Tarsasag.
- ^A town is less than 100,000 inhabitants.
- ^Nagy, Tamás (16 September 2017)."Várossá válásának jubileumából díszpolgárokat avattak Ácson"[The citizens of Ács celebrated the tenth anniversary of becoming a town] (in Hungarian). Kemma.Archivedfrom the original on 18 June 2018.
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