Borsodnádasd is a small industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary, about 80 kilometres from the county seat of Miskolc and 10 kilometres from Ózd. First documented in 1210 as Nádasd, it belonged to the Nádasdy family estate in the Middle Ages and had its own church by 1332. Coal mining drove industrial growth in the nineteenth century, and the settlement took its present name in 1903 before receiving town status in 2001. As of 2015 it had 3,079 residents across roughly 28 square kilometres.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude48.123056 degrees north 1 FAQs
What was Borsodnádasd called when it was first recorded?
It was first recorded in 1210 as Nádasd.
Borsodnádasd was first mentioned in documents in 1210 under the name Nádasd. By 1332 it already had a church, and in the Middle Ages it belonged to the estate of the Nádasdy family.
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1. Borsodnádasd (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 2,767 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 48.123056, longitude 20.242778
P2046 (area)
area 28.07 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 2767 (2025)
View the Source2. Borsodnádasd (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1210
Borsodnádasd was first mentioned in documents in 1210, as Nádasd.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1210
Borsodnádasd was first mentioned in documents in 1210, as Nádasd.
Source text, founding-year: 1210
Borsodnádasd was first mentioned in documents in 1210, as Nádasd.
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