Lórév

Infobox Settlement
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN

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timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2|official_name=Lórév Ловра / Lovra
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Pest county
area_total_km2=9.88
population_as_of=2001
population_total=307
population_density_km2=31
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=2309
area_code=24

Lórév or Lovra ( _hu. Lórév, Serbian: Ловра, "Lovra") is a village on Csepel Island in Hungary. It is situated in Pest County.

Demographics

Lórév/Lovra is the only settlement in Hungary with an ethnic Serb majority. This small village of 307 people had 180 (58.63%) Serb inhabitants in 2001 (and 202 people with a Serb "cultural heritage"). 39.09% of the population are Hungarians (120 people).

Religion

According to the 2001 census the religious distribution of the population included 69 Roman Catholic, 32 Calvinist while 181 followed "other faith". In the case of Lórév/Lovra the latters are mainly Serb Orthodoxes.

Name

Lórév means "horse ford" in Hungarian referring to the nearby ford of the Danube.

ee also

*Csepel Island
*Pest County
*Serbs in Hungary

External links

* [http://www.lorev.hu/ www.lorev.hu]
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HU/16/Lorev.html Lorev, Hungary Page]