Pusztamérges

Pusztamérges
Village
Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád
Area
• Total	24.39 km^2 (9.42 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,124[1]
• Density	46.1/km^2 (119/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6785
Area code	62

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

Geography

It covers an area of 24.39 km^2 (9 sq mi) and has a population of 1124 people (2015).[1]

History

Ladislaus IV of Hungary stayed here with his Cuman wives, which gave the village its original name "Asszonyszállása" meaning "Women's landing". During this time, the village was already inhabited, and boasted a church, which no longer remains today. King Matthias Corvinus mentioned the village in a 1462 letter where he guaranteed the villagers grazing rights for their animals. In 1562 these grazing rights were reaffirmed by Maximilian II. In the wake of wars against the Ottomans, the village's population was wiped out. In 1572, the village was repopulated with Serbs. During the witch-trials that occurred in Szeged in 1721, a woman from Pusztamérges was tried.

Demographics

As of 2022 88.6% of the population was Hungarian, 2% German, 0.3% Gypsy, and 2.5% of non-European origin. 9.7% did not answer.

References

1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015

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