Recsk
Recsk | |
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Large village | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 3245 |
Area code | 36 |
Website | www.recsk.hu |
Recsk is a large village in Heves County, Hungary, under the Mátra mountain range, beside of the Parádi-Tarna creek. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 2497 (see Demographics). The village located beside of the (Nr. 84) Kisterenye–Kál-Kápolna railway line, 27.5 km from the main road 3 and 32.0 km from the M25 expressway. Although the settlement has its own railway station, public transport on the railway line ceased on 3 March 2007 . The closest train station with public transport is in Bátonyterenye 27.2 km away.
History
The first documented mention of the settlement dates from 1329, when it was mentioned as Rexy and the landlord was Demeter Recsky. The name of the village appears as Rekch in 1478. 4 ports were counted in the
The copper mine played an important role in the life of the settlement. Ferenc Markhot , Heves county medical officer, established that the alum spring in Parád originates from ore rocks. Ore exploration and production began at Vörösvár, Fehérkő and Hegyestető in 1780. Copper deposits were found in the lower reaches of the Baj stream and on the Lahóca hill, which boosted production in 1849. The Parád-Mátra Mining Company was founded in 1852, which began mining and research work on the siliceous clay mineral, sulphide-strewn outcrops. The Mátra Mining Association continued research from 1862 in the southern part of Lahóca, and then they built an ore processing plant, a roasting plant and a smelting plant. Technical and economic problems made extraction difficult. Gold-rich pyrite ore bodies related to blue shale were discovered in 1925, so a flotation plant was built. At the end of 1926, the state bought the mine. The mine closed in 1979. After 1991, new research began, which was stopped after 1997 due to the drop in the world market price of gold. In 1998, the deep mine was flooded with water.[2]
Recsk National Memorial Park
In the summer of 1950, the Hungarian
Demographics
According the 2022 census, 91.1% of the population were of Hungarian ethnicity, 9.7% were Gypsies, 0.5% were Germans and 8.7% were did not wish to answer. The religious distribution was as follows: 45.2% Roman Catholic, 2.5% Calvinist, 15.5% non-denominational, and 32.2% did not wish to answer. The Gypsies have a local nationality government. 2475 inhabitants live in the village and 52 people in 7 farms. Two other inhabited outskirts are west to the village the Ércbánya and the Kenyeres utca to 2.0 and 2.5 km with 102 and 9 inhabitants.[6]
Population by years:[7]
Year | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1941 |
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Population | 1745 | 1704 | 2144 | 2425 | 2382 | 2695 | 2636 | 2799 |
Year | 1949 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2001 | 2011 | 2022 |
Population | 2824 | 3499 | 3496 | 3452 | 3333 | 3094 | 2850 | 2497 |
Politics
Mayors since 1990:
- 1990–2002: József Fekete (SZDSZ, between 1990-1994 supported by the MDF and the FKgP too)[8][9][10]
- 2002–2010: Imre Holló (MSZP)[11][12]
- 2010–2014: István Pócs (independent)[13]
- 2014–: Sándor Nagy (Until 2019 Jobbik, but from 2019 independent)[14][15]
References
- ^ "Settlement history" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "The history of the Recsk ore mine" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Carpathian Arc key to Europe's mining renaissance". northernminer.com. 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ISBN 9780385515696.
- ^ "National Memorial Park" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Recsk". ksh.hu. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Population number, population density". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Recsk settlement election results" (txt) (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Recsk settlement election results" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Recsl settlement election results" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Recsl settlement election results" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Recsl settlement election results" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Recsk settlement election results" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Recsk settlement election results" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Recsk settlement election results" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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