Várong

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Várong
Location of Várong in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°31′31″N18°02′47″E / 46.52528°N 18.04639°E / 46.52528; 18.04639
Country Hungary
Region Southern Transdanubia
County Tolna
Area
[1]
  Total6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total148
  Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7214
Area code +36 74
Website www.varong.hu

Várong is a village in Tolna county, Hungary. A few vikings from Russia were settled here. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Várong at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  2. Várong at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 2011
  3. the Hungarian King Béla III (~1148-1196) summoned the above mentioned varangian warriors (Greek:varangoi) to his Hungarian court. He allowed them to settle in the countryside, where their name is preserved in the Hungarian place-name Várong (Tolna County).
  4. "Swedes and Hungarians in the whirlwind of time - from history to concrete" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-13.