Tárnok

Tárnok
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Tárnok Location of Tárnok in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°21′34.78″N 18°51′30.78″E
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County	Pest
Subregion	Érdi
Rank	Town
Area
• Total	23.60 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
• Total	10,526
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2461
Area code	+36 23
KSH code	04154
Website	www.tarnok.hu

Disclaimer: This article was translated from its original Hungarian version by a novice Wikipedia editor.

Tárnok is a village in Pest county, Hungary, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) away from the capital city of Budapest, on the border of the Érd-Sóskút plateau and the Érd-Ercsi ridge. The Danube river runs through the village. It has a nearly 300-year-old Catholic church, built in 1737, which was renovated in 2023.

Additional nearby Towns and villages include: Érd, Sóskút, and Martonvásár.

Geographical Properties

It is covered by a loess blanket, on which high-quality agricultural soil has formed. Despite this, the proportion of agriculture in the economic structure is extremely low. The valley of the south-easterly Benta stream was formed in the Pleistocene age through a structural fault. The region's drinking water is provided by extracting water from the Miocene strata. The drinking water was slightly polluted, with a relatively high nitrate ratio. This was fixed since, tap water is drinkable again.

Road and Transport Infrastructure

The village is located in between the 7-es főút and the M7 highway. The village has two main roads; the 8104 between Érd and Biatorbágy and road 8107 leading from the M7 interchange in Pusztazámor to the industrial park in Sóskút.

It can be reached with public transport by buses 741, 742 and 743 departing from the Tesco in Érd. It can also be reached with trains coming from the Budapest to Székesfehérvár railway line that stops at the Tárnok railway station.

Mayors

[Years in Office]: [Name] [Party]

• 1990–1994: Rozbora Andor (MDF)
• 1994–1998: Rozbora Andor (Independent)
• 1998–2002: Dr. Gergely István (Independent)
• 2002–2006: Dr. Gergely István (Independent)
• 2006–2010: Szolnoki Gábor Károly (Fidesz-KDNP)
• 2010–2014: Szolnoki Gábor Károly (Fidesz-KDNP)
• 2014–2019: Szolnoki Gábor Károly (Fidesz-KDNP)
• 2019-Today: Dr. Lukács László (Independent)

Economy

Among all the economic sectors, agriculture has a low share and trade has a high share. Business density is low. There are significant differences in income averages within the region. In the case of Tárnok, the indicator does not reach the Pest county average, in fact, it remains significantly below average. Many people chose Budapest as their place of work, where the bigger commerce and the service industry provide them with a living; as well as the surrounding industrial centers.

The municipal landfill in Tárnok is full. The issue of disposal of household waste generated in the region was solved by utilizing the regional solid waste landfill in Pusztazámor.

Population

The population change between 2010 and 2023:

In the Hungarian version of this article, the following information is in a bar chart. It is also less detailed.

Population of Tárnok

Year	Population	Number of Houses
2023	10 526	3 712
2022	10 392	3 704
2021	10 267	3 553
2020	10 128	3 507
2019	9 900	3 461
2018	9 654	3 432
2017	9 427	3 417
2016	9 259	3 405
2015	8 999	3 391
2014	8 871	3 383
2013	8 888	3 378
2012	8 782	3 363
2011	8 734	3 382
2010	9 135	3 363

For data going back to 1990, see Helységnévtár.

In 2022 it had a gender distribution of:

Males	5,026
Females	5,235

Source: Citypopulation

In 2022 the village had an age distribution of:

0-9 years	1,265
10-19 years	1,102
20-29 years	1,038
30-39 years	1,506
40-49 years	1,865
50-59 years	1,402
60-69 years	1,071
70-79 years	701
80-89 years	272
90+ years	39

Source: Citypopulation

Tárnok is decently diverse.

During the 2011 census, 86.8% of the residents identified themselves as Hungarian, 1.6% as Slovak, 1.2% as German, 0.8% as Gypsy, 0.7% as Romanian. 13.1% did not declare. Due to double identities, the total may be greater than 100%. The religious distribution was as follows: Roman Catholic 31.4%, non-denominational 24.1%, Reformed 8.1%, Lutheran 0.9%, Greek Catholic 0.7%. 32.6% did not declare.

In the 2022 census, 89% of the residents declared themselves as Hungarian, 1% German, 0.7% Slovak, 0.4% Gypsy, 0.3% Romanian, 0.1% Croatian, Bulgarian or Serbian and 4% other non-domestic nationalities. 10.8% did not declare. Due to double identities, the total may be greater than 100%. The religious distribution was: 22.7% Roman Catholic, 7.9% Reformed, 1.1% Lutheran, 1.1% Greek Catholic, 0.1% Orthodox, 1.2% other Christian, 0.7% other Catholic, 18.6% non-denominational. 46.1% did not answer.

Development Strategy

According to the objective of the development strategy plans for the village, there is a need for infrastructure developments. This would ensure the social composition of those who move to the village is spatially appropriate. The development strategy also includes developing an expedient and reasonable strategy for more extensively using the high-quality soil that is underneath the town. This would reduce the proportion of neglected areas in the town as well as removing allergy-causing weeds.

The expansion and survival of agriculture in the town requires the guarantee of safe production – prevention of theft – and assistance in the protection of the border of a farm, which would prevent illegal waste dumping.

Additionally, the recommendations of the development strategy are to further extend places of leisure such as hotels and to build more well thought out urban spaces. In the past, the residential plots of land next to the capital were more valuable. However, recently those areas have become less valuable due to stricter regulations.

Public Safety

The biggest issue regarding public safety is illegal waste dumping, followed by private property or garden thefts and bicycle thefts. These issues are concentrated mostly in the outskirts of the city.

The village has its own organized police force. Thanks to the years of hard work by officers, the number of crimes has significantly decreased in the village.

History

The earliest mention of Tárnok is from 1257. At first, the name was recorded as Tavarnuk. Later, in another document around 1283, it was called Tawarnucweg.

Judging from its name, the village may have once been inhabited by Tárnoks, who served the royal court of Buda after the Tatar invasion.

The author of the Hun chronicle placed the first big battle between the Germanic Detre and the Huns around Tárnok.

The newest part of the village was created in 1921.

Tárnokliget was divided in 1930 by the landowner Sándor Üszögi Nagy. In 2007, it was transferred from the Budaörs microregion to the newly formed Érdi microregion, and from 2013 it became part of the Érd district.

Between 1257 and 1268, the peasants of the queen and the nobles of Berki (Érd) were in litigation over 2 pieces of land around Tárnok and Ékeny. They were combined and named Deszka.

Attractions

• The Roman Catholic Church
• The St. Roch's Chapel
• The World War II and World War I Monuments
• The Millennium Monument
• The March 15th Memorial Monument
• The Trianon Monument
• The monument in memory of the 1956 revolution
• The Öreg-hegyi Pincesor
• The Danube River
• The Benta Stream
• The Quarry
• The Fishing Pond

Significant Residents

• Zalatnay Sarolta lives here.

Additional Information

Some of what's below may have been used for sources in the Hungarian version, but they aren't cited. Therefore, they cannot be cited precisely in this article either.

• Official webpage of Tárnok
• History of Tárnok
• News in and of Tárnok
• Tárnok - Utazom.com webpage