Csurgó | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Somogy |
Area | |
• Total | 59.6 km2 (23.0 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 5,788 |
• Density | 97.1/km2 (251/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 8840 |
Area code(s) | 82 |
Website | www.csurgo.hu |
Csurgó (formerly Somogy-Csurgó) is a town in Somogy county, Hungary.
Coordinates: 46°15′25″N 17°05′53″E / 46.256978°N 17.097975°E
The town was important educational center of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Its Reformed Church College was visited by Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, the famous poet, too.
The Árpád age church has characteristic architecture. It has western tower with fourfold lower floors and octagonal upper floors with stone gul on the top.
Csurgó is twinned with: