Égerszög

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Égerszög
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Égerszög
Coordinates: 48°26′37.46″N20°35′5.71″E / 48.4437389°N 20.5849194°E / 48.4437389; 20.5849194 Coordinates: 48°26′37.46″N20°35′5.71″E / 48.4437389°N 20.5849194°E / 48.4437389; 20.5849194
Country Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Regions Northern Hungary
County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Area
  Total 10.77 km2 (4.16 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Total 53
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Égerszög is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. As of 2008 it had a population of 53. [1]

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Counties of Hungary in Northern Hungary

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is an administrative county in north-eastern Hungary, on the border with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is Miskolc. Of the seven statistical regions of Hungary it belongs to the region Northern Hungary.

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References

  1. KSH (in Hungarian)