Várong
Várong | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Várong Location of Várong in Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′31″N 18°02′47″E / 46.52528°N 18.04639°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Southern Transdanubia |
| County | Tolna |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 148 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7214 |
| Area code | +36 74 |
| Website | www.varong.hu |
Várong is a village in Tolna county, Hungary. A few vikings from Russia were settled here.[3][4]
References
- ^ Várong at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
- ^ Várong at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 2011
- ^ the Hungarian King Béla III (~1148-1196) summoned the above mentioned varangian warriors (Greek:varangoi) to his Hungarian court. He allowed them to settle in the countryside, where their name is preserved in the Hungarian place-name Várong (Tolna County).
- ^ "Swedes and Hungarians in the whirlwind of time - from history to concrete" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
