Vaskút

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2
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official_name=Vaskút


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Bács-Kiskun
area_total_km2=71.49
population_total=3654|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2002| population_density_km2=51
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=6521
area_code=79
latd=46.1167
longd=18.9833

[
thumb|bottom|300px|Location_of_Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary] Vaskút (Croatian: "Baškut" or "Vaškut") is a large village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 71.49 km². It has a population of 3654 people (2002).

Demographics

* Magyars
* Croats

Before 1945, there was high share of Germans (Danube Swabians) in Vaskút's population, that spoke their own dialect of German language.
After the war, numerous Magyars (Szeklers from Bukovina and Csángós from Moldavia) were settled here.

Notable persons

* Stefan Schoblocher (1937), writer
* Fabijan Peštalić (1845-1909), Franciscan, important personality of national movement of the Danubian Croats
* Grgur Peštalić (1755-1809), Franciscan, Croatian writer