Battonya

Battonya
Aerial photography: Battonya - Temple
Coat of arms
Battonya
Coordinates: 46°17′N 21°1′E / 46.283°N 21.017°E
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
Area
• Total	145.77 km^2 (56.28 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	5,565
• Density	46.34/km^2 (120.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	5830
Area code(s)	68

Battonya (Romanian: Bătania, Serbian: Батања/Batanja) 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 5565 people (2012).

History

Kingdom of Hungary stamp, issue 1874, cancelled at BATTONYA.

After the Ottoman occupation until 1918, BATTONYA was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary;^[1] in Transleithania after the compromise of 1867 in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Twin towns – Sister cities

Battonya is twinned with:

• Pecica, Romania (1996)
• Beočin, Serbia (1997)
• Lipova, Romania (1997)

References

1. Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.

Coordinates: 46°17′N 21°01′E / 46.283°N 21.017°E