Gánt

Gánt
Municipal office
Coat of arms
Gánt Location of Gánt
Coordinates: 47°23′23″N 18°23′16″E / 47.38971°N 18.38773°E / 47.38971; 18.38773
Country	Hungary
County	Fejér
Area
• Total	58.15 km2 (22.45 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	849
• Density	14.6/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8082
Area code	22
Website	www.gant.hu

Gánt is a village in Fejér county, Hungary with approximately 600 inhabitants. The location is known for its history of bauxite mining. The village has history reaching back to many centuries. After the Mongol and Ottoman occupation the area became uninhibited, thus Emperor Joseph II relocated peasants from Austria to work on the agrarian lands. The village kept the German tongue until the end of the Second World War, after which the native German speaking inhabitants were deported to Germany. This event was a great pain for the village and many people still commemorate the event and the victims are regular visitors of the village after the fall of Iron curtain. The village is also part of the blue hiking track in Hungary, so many tourists visit and pass through this small gem in the Vértes mountains.

External links

• Media related to Gánt at Wikimedia Commons
• Street map (in Hungarian)

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This page was last edited on 30 October 2023, at 16:29