Battonya


Battonya is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs.

Geography

It covers an area of 145.77 km² and has a population of 5960 people.

History

After the Ottoman occupation until 1918, BATTONYA was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary; in Transleithania after the compromise of 1867 in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Twin townssister cities

Battonya is twinned with: