Kaskantyú

Place in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary

Coat of arms

HungaryCountyBács-KiskunArea

• Total58.28 km² (22.50 sq mi)Population

(2015)

• Total1,002^[1] • Density17.2/km² (45/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

6211

Area code78

Kaskantyú is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary.

Etymology

The name is of Cuman origin. It comes from "qaçqınçıɣ", which means "like a fugitive".^[2]

It covers an area of 58.28 km² (23 sq mi) and has a population of 1002 people (2015).^[1]

^ ^a ^b Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
^ Rásonyi, László (1967). "LES ANTHROPONYMES COMANS DE HONGRIE". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (in French). 20 (2): 135–149.