Leányfalu
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Country: | Hungary |
County: | Pest |
Area: | 15.37 km² |
Population (2005): - Density: |
1,600 168.45/km² |
Postal code: | 2016 |
Area code: | 26 |
Coordinates: | |
Home page: | http://www.leanyfalu.hu/ |
Leányfalu is a riverside village in Pest county, in Hungary with a population of 1,600 (c. 2005). It is just north of Szentendre located at . Located between the branch of the Small Danube (Kis-Duna) and the spurs of the Visegrád Hills, Leányfalu stretches some 5 kilometres in length. Declared a holiday resort in 1936, it became an independent municipality in 1949.
To visit Leányfalu from Budapest, take the local Volán buses on the Budapest Árpád Bridge - Tahitótfalu - Visegrád - Esztergom line, which leaves around one to three times an hour. By automobile, take route 11 passing through Szentendre.
[edit] Trivia
- Some of the best Hungarian writers, artists and musicians have retreated to Leányfalu[citation needed].