Kiskorpád | |
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Village | |
Kapotsfy Chapel in Kiskorpád | |
Location of Somogy county in Hungary | |
| Coordinates:46°21′22″N17°35′41″E / 46.35618°N 17.59483°E /46.35618; 17.59483 | |
| Country | |
| Region | Southern Transdanubia |
| County | Somogy |
| District | Kaposvár |
| RC Diocese | Kaposvár |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.95 km2 (6.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 881[1] |
| • Density | 52.0/km2 (135/sq mi) |
| Demonym | kiskorpádi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7524 |
| Area code | (+36) 82 |
| NUTS 3 code | HU232 |
| MP | Anita Szilvási |
| Website | Kiskorpád Online |
Kiskorpád is a village inSomogy county,Hungary.
It lies 14 km west ofKaposvár, next to the road 61 and theDombóvár-Gyékényes Railway Line.
It was first mentioned asVilla Curpad in 1324 in an official document. The papaltithe registration refers to the village as a settlement with a parish. During theTurkish occupation it appears in the tax registration of theOttoman Porte. In the beginning of 18th century its name wasPusztakorbád and its landowners were theSárközy,Visy andTallián families.[2] According toLászló Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.[3]
In 1798–1799Mihály Csokonai Vitéz was the guest of theSárközy family who wrote several of his well known poems there. In the 20th century there was a steam mill, a cement and a tile factory.[4]
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