Galgamácsa

Galgamácsa is a village in Pest county, Hungary. Since 2019, the mayor has been Tamás Ecker.^[3]

Galgamácsa
Coat of arms
Galgamácsa Location of Galgamácsa in Hungary
Coordinates: 47.69511°N 19.38439°E / 47.69511; 19.38439
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County	Pest
Subregion	Veresegyházi
Rank	Village
Area [1]
• Total	43.31 km2 (16.72 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2008)[2]
• Total	1,981
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2183
Area code	+36 28
KSH code	27128[1]
Website	https://www.galgamacsa.hu/

Since 1977, the village has had a museum, the Vankóné Dudás Juli Memorial House, dedicated primarily to the work of folk artist Juli Vankóné Dudás, born in Galgamácsa.^[4] She contributed significantly to its creation.^[5]

Vankóné Dudás Juli Memorial House

Demographics

As of 2021^[update], the population was 1837 individuals. 88.5% of the population described themselves as Hungarian, 0.9% as Roma, 0.4% as Bulgarian, 0.4% as German, 0.3% as Slovak, 0.2% as Romanian, 0.1% as Serbian, 0.3% as other non-Hungarian, and 11.5% did not answer. Most of the population is Roman Catholic (55.3%), with a sizeable minority of Lutherans and other Protestants and those who identified not belonging to a religious denomination.^[6]

History

The earliest known mention of the village is in the 1230s. In the 14th century Turkish occupation, all of the buildings of the village except the church were destroyed.