Debercsény

Debercsény is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.

Debercsény, Szent Erzsébet-templom és harangláb

Etymology

The name probably comes from Slavic/Slovak Debrečany (older etymologies were Dobročany, Dobročín, Dobrčín).[1] Old Slavic deber, debra - a valley, a ravine, a pothole. Similar place names can be found in Eastern Slovakia (see e.g. Debraď) where the word has been preserved in dialects until the modern times.[1]

Population by year[2]
YearPopulation
1870148
1880108
1890102
1900115
1910155
1920167
1930183
1941190
1949200
1960222
1970254
1980199
1990153
2001102
201179

References

  1. Branislav, Varsik (1994). "Osídlenie Novohradu a Ipeľskej kotliny vo svetle miestnych názvov". Kontinuita medzi veľkomoravskými Slovienmi a stredovekými severouhorskými Slovanmi (Slovákmi) (in Slovak). Veda. p. 115. ISBN 80-224-0175-7.
  2. "Nógrád county - Data on localities - Population number, population density". Hungarian Central Statistical Office/Központi Statisztikai Hivatal. Retrieved 2021-05-22.

47°58′N 19°19′E


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