Nyírbogát
Village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary
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Nyírbogát is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Nyírbogát | |
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Village | |
Reformed church in Nyírbogát, | |
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| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
| Area | |
• Total | 55.36 km2 (21.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 3,105[1] |
| • Density | 56.1/km2 (145/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4361 |
| Area code | 42 |
Geography
History
The village has been the site of human habitation since the Stone Age. Its name first appears in writing in 1310, as the name of a local noble. Its earliest landowners were members of the Kállay family, who held titles to the village's land until the end of the 1300s.
Demographics
As of 2022, the village is 94% Hungarian, 2.8% Gypsy, and 1.1% of non-European origin. The population is 34.6% Reformed, 20.3% Greek Catholic, 10% Roman Catholic, and 3.8% nondenominational.[2]
