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Beloiannisz

Field	Value
name	Beloiannisz
native_name	Μπελογιάννης
native_name_lang	hu
image_shield	HUN Beloiannisz címer.svg
pushpin_map	Hungary
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Beloiannisz in Hungary
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Hungary
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Fejér}}
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2
area_total_km2	4.54
area_footnotes
coordinates
postal_code	2455
postal_code_type	Postal code
area_code	+36 25
area_code_type	Area code
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
total_type	Total
population_total	1100
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_urban_km2	auto
population_density_metro_km2	auto
population_as_of	2012
population_footnotes
website
image_skyline	Beloiannisz library.jpg
image_caption	The library on the main square of the village
image_size	250px

Beloiannisz () is a village in Fejér county, Hungary. It was founded by Communist Greek refugees who left Greece after the civil war, and was named after Nikos Beloyannis.

Location

Beloiannisz is close to the railway station of Iváncsa, which is on the Budapest–Pusztaszabolcs railway line. On paved road the village can be reached through a 1 km long access road which links the village to the Iváncsa–Besnyő road. Most of the buses connecting Besnyő and Dunaújváros stop at the village, but the railway plays a more important role.

History

The village is among the newest in the county; its construction was started on May 6, 1950. The village was built by volunteers; within a short time, 418 houses, a school, a kindergarten, a library, a community hall, a doctor's office and a town hall were built. On April 3, 1952 the village (previously called Görögfalva, "Greeks' Village") took the name of Nikos Beloyannis, the Communist leader and resistance fighter, who had been executed 4 days earlier in Greece. The village had 1850 inhabitants then.

Starting in 1974, several Greeks left the village and went back to Greece, but many of them (especially the younger people) stayed in Hungary. Now the majority of the population works in the nearby cities of Budapest, Százhalombatta and Dunaújváros. Many people still maintain their Greek identity. According to the 2001 census it had 1,185 inhabitants, 23.4% of them considered themselves Greek, 61.4% Hungarian, 0,3% Romanian, 14,9% didn't answer. Religions: 25.5% Roman Catholic, 14.3% Greek Orthodox, 5.7% Calvinist.

A Greek Orthodox church was built in 1996.

Tourist sights

Greek Orthodox church (1996)
Village library; main square

References

[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/!cp.hnt2.telep?nn=08466 Beloiannisz] at the [[Hungarian Central Statistical Office]] (Hungarian).
[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/!cp.hnt2.telep?nn=08466 Beloiannisz] at the [[Hungarian Central Statistical Office]] (Hungarian). 2012

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