BASIC INFORMATION
Accessibility: The village of Bocska is located in the southern part of Zala county, along main road No. 74, between Nagykanizsa and Zalaegerszeg, some 14 km from Nagykanizsa.
Municipality address: 8776 Bocska, Bocskai út 4.
Phone: (93) 356-186
Mayor: Mr. Péter Pintér
Population: 390
Characteristics: The name of the village was first mentioned in written documents in 1459. In the 15th century the village was owned by the Csapi family. In the 17th century the area of the village is referred to as desolate. The re-population of the settlement was very slow. In the early 19th century the residents of the village were Roman Catholic Hungarians. In the 1920s there was a school, a shop, several craftsmen and a mill in Bocska.
The population of the village has been decreasing since the Second World War. Currently, the number of unemployed residents is 25. Many of the residents commute to work in Nagykanizsa, and there is a well-functioning co-operative. The village has an ice-cream parlor and six private entrepreneurs, there is a library and a church.
Infrastructure:
Apartments with gas: to be installed
phone: 22%
Sewage: in process
This text came from the following book:
Title: Handbook of Zala county (Zala megye kézikönyve)
Series: County handbooks of Hungary (Magyarország megyei kézikönyvei)
Chief editor: Hóbor József
Publisher: (Hatvan), CEBA-Hungary Ltd, 1998
ETO: 908.439.121(035) ; 050.8(439.121)
ISBN: 963-9089-18-2
Pages: 488-1040 p.
Remark: Closed on: 1998. márc. 31.
A legtöbb, ami tudható Nagykanizsa kistérségéről
BASIC INFORMATION
Accessibility: The village of Bocska is located in the southern part of Zala county, along main road No. 74, between Nagykanizsa and Zalaegerszeg, some 14 km from Nagykanizsa.
Municipality address: 8776 Bocska, Bocskai út 4.
Phone: (93) 356-186
Mayor: Mr. Péter Pintér
Population: 390
Characteristics: The name of the village was first mentioned in written documents in 1459. In the 15th century the village was owned by the Csapi family. In the 17th century the area of the village is referred to as desolate. The re-population of the settlement was very slow. In the early 19th century the residents of the village were Roman Catholic Hungarians. In the 1920s there was a school, a shop, several craftsmen and a mill in Bocska.
The population of the village has been decreasing since the Second World War. Currently, the number of unemployed residents is 25. Many of the residents commute to work in Nagykanizsa, and there is a well-functioning co-operative. The village has an ice-cream parlor and six private entrepreneurs, there is a library and a church.
Infrastructure:
Apartments with gas: to be installed
phone: 22%
Sewage: in process
This text came from the following book:
Title: Handbook of Zala county (Zala megye kézikönyve)
Series: County handbooks of Hungary (Magyarország megyei kézikönyvei)
Chief editor: Hóbor József
Publisher: (Hatvan), CEBA-Hungary Ltd, 1998
ETO: 908.439.121(035) ; 050.8(439.121)
ISBN: 963-9089-18-2
Pages: 488-1040 p.
Remark: Closed on: 1998. márc. 31.