Lórév Ловра / Lovra | |
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| Coordinates:47°07′N18°54′E / 47.117°N 18.900°E /47.117; 18.900 | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Pest county |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ljubomir Aleksov[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 307 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2309 |
| Area code | 24 |
Lórév (Serbian: Ловра,Lovra) is a village onCsepel Island inHungary. It is situated inPest County.
Lórév means "horse ford" in Hungarian referring to the nearby ford of theDanube.
Lórév is the only settlement in Hungary with an ethnicSerb majority. This small village of 307 people had 180 (58.63%) Serb inhabitants in 2001 (and 202 people with a Serb "cultural heritage"). 39.09% of the population areHungarians (120 people). Also, the neighbouring village ofSzigetcsép and the town ofRáckeve on theCsepel Island have Serb settlements. Not far to the north theBunjevci settlement ofTököl is to be found. A tradition of mutual weddings between these two geographically close villages existed as well as strong connections with Serbs from the villages ofMedina in the south, three villages north of Budapest --Budakalász,Pomáz andCsobánka—and the small town ofSzentendre.
According to the 2001 census the religious distribution of the population included 69Roman Catholics, 32Calvinists and 181Serbian Orthodox.
