Levél Explained

Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Levél
Map:
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Győr-Moson-Sopron
Area Total Km2:24.91
Population Total:1713
Population As Of:2004
Population Density Km2:68.76
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:9221
Area Code:96
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Label Position:
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Levél
Latd:47.89373
Longd:17.20048

Levél is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.

Geography

Levél is situated in the north west corner of Hungary, along by M1 principal road, between Mosonmagyaróvár and Hegyeshalom. It was a passenger traffic and railway stopping-place. With a bicycle one can connect to the international bicycle road to Hegyeshalom and Rajka frontier station.

History

The village Kalthostan was first mentioned in Germany in 1410. The first Hungarian name appears in a tax registration in 1532. The Turkish beslege depopulated the village in 1529.In 1570 emperor Miksa the I. colonized here the Württenberg Saxons. The French occupation in 1809 blame heavy burdens to the population. In 1926 starts the big electrification of the village.

The farmers planted fruit gardens and the corn production was prospering. In the second World War in consequence to the requisitions on German and the Russian soldiers people pillaged the village and they lifted cattles. After the war the greatest part of German populatiuon was deported. In the sixties seventies and eighties, the village started do develop again and this development continued in the nineties also.

Population

(Demographic characteristics)

The permanent population in the last decades shows a very small expansion. 50-60% of the population is incapable of sustaining oneself from this 20% is the rate of unemployed.

Regarding school qualification: With general school dispose 25%, workman 30%, secondary school qualification 22% and higher education qualification 6% of the population.

Regarding employment: 49% of the population work in industry, 6.5% in agriculture, 15% in commerce and catering trade unemployed rate in 5%. A great level goes to work to Mosonmagyaróvár. (1998)

Infrastructure

The infrastructural provision of the village is good. Beside the building of the water conduit system in 1997, the waste-pipe system development will 1997 started. The solid waste collection and the storage of this is solved. The telephone furnishing is 98% resolved. The village is disposed to cable-television system and monthly appears the local newspaper.

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