Abony

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Abony

Location of Abony in Hungary

Coordinates: 47°11′22″N 20°00′35″E / 47.18944°N 20.00969°E

Country

27872

Area

• Total

127.97 km² (49.41 sq mi)

Highest elevation

100 m (300 ft)

Lowest elevation

90 m (300 ft)

Population (2008)

• Total

15,681

• Density

120/km² (320/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

2740

Area code

+36 53

Website

www.abony.hu

Abony (German: Wabing) is a town in Pest County, Hungary.

Abony is a town in the south-east of Pest County, between the Danube and Tisza rivers. It is 16 km (10 mi) from Cegléd and 85 km (53 mi) from Budapest, at an elevation of 90 to 100 m (300 to 330 ft). The area is on the River Tisza's wide floodplain which approximates 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres). Its rich black soil contains some sand.

On 12 June 1847 Sándor Petőfi spent a night in the village pub on his way from Nagyszalonta (where he visited János Arany) to Budapest. It is mentioned it in his Journey letters.

Lajos Abonyi, a writer who lived in Abony, recorded a famous folk-song "In Nagyabony there are only two towers" from Zoltán Kodály's Braggadocio. In the song Nagyabony means this village. There is another Nagyabony in Slovakia, called in Slovak Veľké Blahovo. The song's tune is from Slovakia.

The local economy is mainly based on agriculture: most people are crop farmers, but some grow grapes and fruit.

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