Baks

Village in Csongrád, Hungary

Coat of arms

46°33′N 20°6′E / 46.550°N 20.100°E / 46.550; 20.100Country

HungaryCountyCsongrádArea

• Total61.92 km² (23.91 sq mi)Population

(2016)

• Total2,300 • Density37.05/km² (96.0/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

6768

Area code62

Baks is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 61.92 km² (24 sq mi) and has a population of 2300 people (2016).^[1]

History

Human settlement in the village dates back at least to the late Bronze Age, as classical Gáva-Holigrady culture artifacts have been found in Baks along the Tisza River.^[2]

References

^ Molnar, Melinda; Bogardi, Tunde (January 1, 2016). "Researching the spatial aspects of the Romani-Hungarian coexistence by the means of mental mapping". The Central European Journal of Regional Development And Tourism. 8 (3): 170–184.
^ Kosa, Polett (2022). "Special ceramic figurines from the Late Bronze Age settlement of Baks-Temetőpart". Dissertationes Archaeologicae. 3 (10): 93–128.