Biatorbágy

Biatorbágy Wiehall-Kleinturwall (in German)
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Biatorbágy Location of Biatorbágy
Coordinates: 47.47119°N 18.82520°E / 47.47119; 18.82520
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District	Budakeszi
Area
• Total	43.80 km2 (16.91 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	13,132
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2051
Area code	(+36) 23
Motorways	M0, M1
Distance from Budapest	21.7 km (13.5 mi) East
Website	www.biatorbagy.hu

Biatorbágy - Rail Bridge

Biatorbágy (German: Wiehall-Kleinturwall) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 10,720 (2007).

On 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy.

Districts

• Bia (German: Wiehall)
• Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall)

Notable residents

• Csaba Horváth (b. 1971), canoeist
• Ferenc Juhász (1928 - 2015), poet
• Gyula Juhász (1930 - 1993), historian

Sport

• Biatorbágyi SE, association football club

Twin towns – sister cities

Biatorbágy is twinned with:

• Herbrechtingen, Germany (1989)
• Remetea, Romania (2001)
• Kiti, Cyprus (2004)
• Dolný Štál, Slovakia (2012)
• Velyka Dobron, Ukraine (2013)

External links

• Official website in Hungarian, English and German