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by Istvan Molnar, 1 December 2000
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Gyarmat is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in Hungary
between the Town of Pápa (15 km north) and City of Győr (30 km
south) in the Little Hungarian Plains. The settlement has got
1.455 inhabitants (1990 census), near all of Hungarians.
Neighbouring settlements are: Mórichida, Csíkvánd, Malomsok,
Takácsi, Vaszar, Gecse, Szerecseny and Tét villages. The
territory of the village is inhabited from the Stone Age. The
first mention of the village is from 1267. Gyarmat has got its
name from the name of one of the Hungarian Tribes (Gyarmat). All
the settlers of the villages were serf. 1552-1593 and 1663-1685
under Turkish rule. In 1910 Gyarmat was a village in the
Sokoróalja district of Győr County. Number of inhabitants in
1910: 1.627; 1.586 (97,5%) Hungarian, 39 (2,4%) German and 2
(0,1%) others by mother tongue, 1601 (98,1%) Roman Catholic, 17
(1,0%) Jew and 9 (0,9%) other by religion. 1920-1946 in
Győr-Moson-Pozsony County, 1946-1949 in Győr-Moson County,
1950-1992 in Veszprém County and 1992-now in Győr-Moson-Sopron
County.
Ratio of the flag: 2:3
Istvan Molnar, 1 December 2000
I took a photo of the flag
on 17th August 2001 at "General County Meeting" in
Győr .
Istvan Molnar, 6 September 2001
by Istvan Molnar, 1 December 2000
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