Katymár

Katymár Kaćmar, Katschmar
Katymár Csikéria
Coordinates: 46.0322°N 19.2108°E / 46.0322; 19.2108
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
Area
• Total	71.08 km^2 (27.44 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,843[1]
• Density	25.9/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6455
Area code	79

Location of Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary

Katymár (Croatian: Kaćmar; German: Katschmar or Schanzmark; Bunjevac: Kaćmar) is a village in Bács-Kiskun County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 71.08 km² (27 sq mi) and has a population of 1843 people (2015).^[1]

Notable persons

Notable persons born in Katymár:

• Mijo Mandić, Croatian writer (in Hungarian texts: Mándity Mihály)
• Ivan Petreš Čudomil, Croatian writer
• Prof. Dr. József Krékits, professor emeritus, linguist

Notable persons that lived and worked in Katymár:

• Lajčo Budanović, bishop

References

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