Őrbottyán

Őrbottyán is a town in Vác District of Pest County. Its population in 2024 was 8186. 

 Location 
It is located in the Budapest agglomeration, about 30 kilometres north-east of the capital, in the Gödöllő hills.

The immediate bordering settlements are Váchartyán and Kisnémedi to the north, Váckisújfalu to the northeast, Vácegres to the east, Erdőkertes to the southeast, Veresegyház to the south, Csomád to the southwest and Vácrátót to the northwest.

 History 
Őrbottyán was created on 1 July 1970 by the merger of Őrszentmiklós and Vácbottyán.

After the fall of communism in Hungary, Őrbottyán experienced the fastest period of development in its history, with the housing stock doubling between 1990 and 2012, the population increasing from 4,000 to 7,400.Magyarország helységnévtára 2012, Központi Statisztikai Hivatal (Hozzáférés: 2013. február 13.)

On 15 July 2013, on the proposal of the Minister of Public Administration and Justice, it was granted the title of town.

 Population 
In 2022, 88.2% of the population identified as Hungarian, 0.7% as Roma, 0.3% as German, 0.3% as Romanian, 0.2% as Ukrainian, 0.1% each as Greek, Bulgarian, and Slovak, and 3.8% as other non-local nationalities (11.6% did not respond; due to dual identities, the total may exceed 100%). Regarding religion, 21.9% were Roman Catholic, 13.7% Reformed, 1.8% Lutheran, 0.8% Greek Catholic, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Orthodox, 3% other Christian, 0.4% other Catholic, and 15.7% non-religious (42.1% did not answer).

 Sights 

 St. Nicholas Church
 Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul 
 Reformed Church
 Lutheran church
 Baptist Church
 Paul's MonasteryŐrbottyáni nevezetességek  (Hozzáférés: 2012. március 18.)
 I. and II. World War II memorial 
 Hungary's only bell foundry.

References

Category:Towns in Hungary
Category:Pest County