Leányfalu
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| Leányfalu | |
  Leányfalu
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| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Pest |
| Area | |
| - Total | 15.37 km² (5.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| - Total | 1,600 |
| - Density | 168.45/km² (436.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 2016 |
| Area code(s) | 26 |
| Website: 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].
- The town got recent media attention in the Ciaran Tobin extradition case
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