- Beloiannisz
Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2
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Μπελογιάννης
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Fejér
area_total_km2=4.54
population_total=1207
population_as_of=2001
population_density_km2=266
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=2455
area_code=25
latd=47.18353
longd=18.82413Beloiannisz ( _el. Μπελογιάννης) is a village in
Fejér county,Hungary . It was founded by Communist Greek refugees who leftGreece after the civil war, and was named afterNikos Beloyannis (Beloiannisz is the Hungarian spelling of his name).Location
Beloiannisz is close to the railway station of
Iváncsa , which is on theBudapest –Pusztaszabolcs railway line. On paved road the village can be reached through a convert|1|km|mi|0|abbr=on long access road which links the village to the Iváncsa–Besnyő road. Most of the buses connecting Besnyő andDunaújváros stop at the village, but the railway plays a more important role.History
The village is among the newest in the county; its construction was started on
May 6 ,1950 . The village was built by volunteers; within a short time, 418 houses, a school, a kindergarten, a library, a community hall, a doctor's office and a town hall were built. OnApril 3 ,1952 the village (previously called "Görögfalva", "Greek Village") took the name ofNikos Beloyannis , theCommunist leader and resistance fighter, who had been executed 4 days earlier in Greece by the Greek regime. The village had 1850 inhabitants then.Starting in 1954, several Greeks left the village and went back to Greece, but many of them (especially the younger people) stayed in Hungary. Now the majority of the population works in the nearby cities of
Budapest ,Százhalombatta andDunaújváros . Many people still maintain their Greek identity. According to the 2001census it had 1,185 inhabitants, 23.4% of them considered themselves Greek, 81.4% Hungarian. Religions: 25.5%Roman Catholic , 14.3%Greek Orthodox , 5.7%Calvinist . Majority of the population areAtheist .A Greek Orthodox church was built in 1996.
Tourist sights
* Greek Orthodox church (
1996 )
* village library; main squareExternal links
* [http://www.bgko.hu/ Community of Beloiannisz Homepage]
* [http://www.oswego.edu/~baloglou/misc/hungary.html A post-communist Greek village in Hungary]
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