Söjtör

Place in Western Transdanubia, Hungary

46°40′22″N 16°51′13″E / 46.67267°N 16.85365°E / 46.67267; 16.85365CountryHungaryRegionWestern TransdanubiaCountyZalaSubregionZalaegerszegiRankVillageArea

^[1]

• Total36.16 km² (13.96 sq mi)Population

(1 January 2008)^[2]

• Total1,549 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

8897

Area code+36 92KSH code19080^[1]Websitesojtor.eu

Söjtör is a village of approximately 1500 people located in Zala County, in western Hungary. It was the birthplace of Ferenc Deák, (1803–1876) a Hungarian statesman living in the 19th century who served as the Minister of Justice during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is now known as "The Sage of the Country".^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Söjtör at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
^ Söjtör at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Deák, Francis" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 895–896.