Söjtör

Söjtör
Söjtör is located in Hungary
Söjtör
Söjtör
Location of Söjtör in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°40′22″N 16°51′13″E / 46.67267°N 16.85365°E / 46.67267; 16.85365
CountryHungary
RegionWestern Transdanubia
CountyZala
SubregionZalaegerszegi
RankVillage
Area
[1]
 • Total
36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2008)[2]
 • Total
1,549
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8897
Area code+36 92
KSH code19080[1]
Websitesojtor.eu

Söjtör is a village of approximately 1500 people located in Zala County, in western Hungary. It was the birthplace of Ferenc Deák, (1803–1876) a Hungarian statesman living in the 19th century who served as the Minister of Justice during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is now known as "The Sage of the Country".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Söjtör at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  2. ^ Söjtör at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  3. ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Deák, Francis" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 895–896.

46°40′N 16°51′E / 46.667°N 16.850°E / 46.667; 16.850

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