Ács

Ács
Town

Coat of arms
Ács
Location of Ács
Coordinates: 47°42′36″N 18°00′58″E / 47.71°N 18.016°E / 47.71; 18.016Coordinates: 47°42′36″N 18°00′58″E / 47.71°N 18.016°E / 47.71; 18.016
Country  Hungary
County Komárom-Esztergom
District Komárom
Area
 • Total 103.83 km2 (40.09 sq mi)
Elevation 122 m (400 ft)
Population (2004)
 • Total 7,260
 • Density 69.92/km2 (181.1/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 2941
Area code (+36) 34
Motorways M1
Distance from Budapest 98.2 km (61.0 mi) Southeast
Website www.acs-varos.hu

Ács (German: Atsch) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northern Hungary.

Geography

Ács is located in Komárom District on the eastern side of the Little Hungarian Plain near where the Concó River enters the Danube. It is below the Bársonyosi Hills, at the point where the Székes joins the Concó, three kilometer south of the Danube and eight kilometers southwest of the city of Komárno.

History

Ács was a settlement in Roman times, in the province of Pannonia.[1] There were two Roman castra, Ad Mures and Ad Statuas, in the area.[2]

An early mention in the 13th century called the place Iwan de As; and a document in 1346 called it Alchy.[3]

In 1970 it was declared a large commune (Nagyközség); and on 1 July 2007 it received town[4] status.[5]

Aerial Photography of Ács

Twin towns — sister cities

Ács is twinned with:

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Rómaiak éltek Ács határában" [Romans lived in the border of Ács] (in Hungarian). Múlt-kor. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kalandozások Pannóniában: római tábor az őskori kút mellett" (in Hungarian). Múlt-kor. 30 October 2007.
  3. ↑ Borovszky, Samu, ed. (1907). "Ács". Magyarország vármegyéi és városai [The counties and cities of Hungary] (in Hungarian). 11. Komarom varmegye es Komarom. Budapest: Orszagos Monografia Tarsasag.
  4. ↑ A town is less than 100,000 inhabitants.
  5. ↑ Nagy, Tamás (16 September 2017). "Várossá válásának jubileumából díszpolgárokat avattak Ácson" [The citizens of Ács celebrated the tenth anniversary of becoming a town] (in Hungarian). Kemma. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018.
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