Páty


Páty is a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 7,476.
The neighbouring villages are: Zsámbék, Tök, Budajenő, Telki, Nagykovácsi, Budakeszi, Biatorbágy and Herceghalom. The Zsambeki basin are bound by Mézes valley which is called as the Gate of Páty also. The Paty-basin is 180 m over the sea level in general, but its outskirts reach 210–360 m high. The hills and valleys of this territory paint a very nice environment.

Transport

Road

The village of Páty is located close to the Budapest-Budakeszi -Zsámbék line, Budapest-Vienna line and M1 motorway.
Páty is also connected to Biatorbágy and Telki.

Bus

The mass transit are operated by Volánbusz.

From Budapest, Széll Kálmán tér via Budakeszi: 781, 782, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789 and 791;
From Budapest, Kelenföld railway station via Biatorbágy: 778.

Train

The railway 1 also crosses the village.
There is no railway stations. The closest railway station is Biatorbágy. The railway station has P+R and B+R services.
The station is operated by MÁV:
S10 - Tatabánya - Kelenföld railway station - Budapest-Déli Railway Terminal,
S12 Oroszlány - Tatabánya - Kelenföld railway station - Budapest-Déli Railway Terminal and
G10 Győr - Tatabánya - Kelenföld railway station - Budapest Keleti railway station

History

This place has been populated since ancient times. A great number of artefacts from the stone, copper and bronze ages can be found in different local collections and in the Hungarian National Museum.
According to inscribed stones from the Roman era, noble inhabitants of Aquincum liked and used the water of Főkút, building up a spa around it and developing local plots of ground as a medium category farm.
The name of the village was first mentioned in a deed of gift issued in 1286 on the 5th Sunday after Fig Sunday.
After the Battle of Mohács Hungary was controlled by the Ottoman Empire, but in Páty the local population remained unlike other villages in this part. The competence and industry of the local people in agriculture had a very important role in the survival of the village. Merchants of far countries came here regularly for steely wheat and smooth wine. Onion, fresh cherries, cheese and cottage cheese were sold in the market of Buda mainly.
The wine culture and production of the village was lost in the great 19th century European phylloxera epidemic, but the cellars of the old growers still have a fantastic atmosphere. The village was devastated in the "Wildkansas" tornado of 13 June 1924.

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