Kunágota

Kunágota

Kunágota

Place in Békés, Hungary

Kunágota is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

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Location of Békés County in Hungary

On St David’s Day 1 March 2021 a heartfelt gesture was inspired by the people of Kunágota, branded Hungary’s "Welshest" village, to honour the patron saint of Wales and the Welsh people by illuminating a nearby Castle with the national flag of Wales, which has a striking Dragon. To show respect they sung traditional Welsh hymns such as ‘Cwm Rhondda’, and composed a new piece of music called St David’s Mystery. The piece was written by French Hungarian composer George Gondard.

The town had grown very fond of Wales ever since Elizabeth, a Kunágota-born classical singer, returned to her roots from Cardiff and introduced Welsh hymns to the community a few years ago

In the 19th century, a small Jewish community lived in the village,[2] many of whose members were murdered in the Holocaust[3]

Geography

It covers an area of 63.99 km2 and has a population of 2650 people (2015).[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
  2. [2]
    Hungarian Jewish census
  3. [3]
    Jews from the village who were murdered in the Holocaust

46°26′N 21°03′E



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