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Csurgó

Csurgó
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 / 46.256978; 17.097975

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:



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