Dombrád is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Dombrád | |
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 Aerial photo: Dombrád - Nature | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Dombrád | |
| Coordinates: 48°14′N 21°56′E / 48.233°N 21.933°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.84 km2 (20.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,015 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4492 |
| Area code | 45 |
Etymology edit
The name comes from a Slavic personal name, compare with Czech Domorád, Domorod or Serbo-Croatian Domorad.[2]
Geography edit
It covers an area of 51.84 km2 (20 sq mi) and has a population of 4015 people (2015). www.dombrad.hu
Sports edit
The town has become famous on the internet as the home of two of the most famous Football Freestylers in the world Sűrü Fx Tamás and Roland Rocco Karászi. Many Freestylers are stunned at the extreme level of the two legends from this obscure Hungarian village. Palle [who?] famously said "there is something amazing in the water of Dombrad, and I should like to drink it". The streets of Dombrad have been viewed by millions on the web due to these outstanding players. Many have said that "Fx is the king".
References edit
- ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
- ^ Kiss, Lajos (1978). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (in Hungarian). Budapest: Akadémiai. p. 184.
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