Ács

Ács (German: Atsch) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northern Hungary.

For other uses, see ACS (disambiguation).

Ács
Town
Flag of Ács
Flag
Coat of arms of Ács
Coat of arms
Ács is located in Hungary
Ács
Ács
Location of Ács
Coordinates: 47.71°N 18.016°E / 47.71; 18.016
Country Hungary
CountyKomárom-Esztergom
DistrictKomárom
Area
 • Total103.83 km2 (40.09 sq mi)
Elevation
122 m (400 ft)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total7,260
 • Density69.92/km2 (181.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2941
Area code(+36) 34
MotorwaysM1
Distance from Budapest98.2 km (61.0 mi) Southeast
Websitewww.acs-varos.hu

Geography

Ács is located in Komárom District on the eastern side of the Little Hungarian Plain near where the Concó River enters the Danube. It is below the Bársonyosi Hills, at the point where the Székes joins the Concó, three kilometer south of the Danube and eight kilometers southwest of the city of Komárno.

Name

The name literally means "carpenter". It refers to the carpenters who lived here in service to the king. The place name is attested as As in 1260 and 1270 and as Alch in 1297.[1]

History

Ács was a settlement in Roman times, in the province of Pannonia.[2] There were two Roman castra, Ad Mures and Ad Statuas, in the area.[3]

An early mention in the 13th century called the place Iwan de As; and a document in 1346 called it Alchy.[4]

In 1970 it was declared a large commune (Nagyközség); and on 1 July 2007 it received town[5] status.[6]

Aerial Photography of Ács

Twin towns – sister cities

Ács is twinned with:

Notes and references
  1. Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
  2. "Rómaiak éltek Ács határában" [Romans lived in the border of Ács] (in Hungarian). Múlt-kor. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
  3. "Kalandozások Pannóniában: római tábor az őskori kút mellett" (in Hungarian). Múlt-kor. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
  4. Borovszky, Samu, ed. (1907). "Ács". Magyarország vármegyéi és városai [The counties and cities of Hungary] (in Hungarian). Vol. 11. Komarom varmegye es Komarom. Budapest: Orszagos Monografia Tarsasag.
  5. A town is less than 100,000 inhabitants.
  6. Nagy, Tamás (16 September 2017). "Várossá válásának jubileumából díszpolgárokat avattak Ácson" [The citizens of Ács celebrated the tenth anniversary of becoming a town] (in Hungarian). Kemma. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018.
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