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Tömörkény
Tömörkény
Village
	Culture house in Tömörkény
	Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád
Area
• Total	53.91 km2 (20.81 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	1,712
• Density	37/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6646
Area code	63

Tömörkény is a village near the town of Csongrád in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 53.91 km² (21 sq mi) and in 2015 had a population of 1,712.^[1]

History

The first settlement was built by the Sarmatians and the Avars. Archeological excavations uncovered a cemetery and iron working equipment. The village first appeared in writing in the 11th century, as "Temerken".^{[clarification needed]} The colloquial form is 'temürkän', meaning 'arrowhead' (Oghuz Turkic equivalent is 'dämrän').^[2] In Turkish times, a small fortress defended the local people. The old village was a harbor to move through the Tisza River. Nowadays, it is a typical agricultural village.

References

^ ^a ^b Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
^ Ligeti, Lajos. A Magyar nyelv Török kapcsolatai a honfoglalás előttes az Árpád-korban (in Hungarian). p. 543.