Encs

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=Encs


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
area_total_km2=31.13
population_total=7052|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2001|population_density_km2=226.53
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=3860
area_code=46
latd=48.33068
longd=21.12188

Encs is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 30 kilometers from the county capital Miskolc.

History

The area has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years. After the Hungarians occupied the area, it became part of "Újvár" comitatus (later Abaúj county). The first recorded mention of the village was in 1219.

The railway line reached the village in 1860. In 1880 Encs had about 1,000 residents. After the treaty of Trianon Encs was the most important village of the parts of Abaúj-Torna county that remained in Hungary. The next few decades brought prosperity. In 1962 it became the centre of the unified districts of Encs, Abaújszántó and Szikszó, and gained town status in 1984.

Twin towns

* Bad Dürrenberg, Germany
* Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia
* Kępno, Poland

External links

* [http://www.encs.hu Official website]