Nagykovacsi - Hungary

The Budapest metropolitan area (Hungarian: Budapesti agglomeráció) is a close circle that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Budapest and its surrounding suburbs. Beyond local residents many of these commuters are attracted by tranquillity and pure nature, calm neighbourhood and quick transport to their work and business infrastructure. The grow of these satellite settlements describe suburban development around centres of urban growth, the surrounding a more densely built and densely populated urban area. 33% of Hungary's population resides in the region.

As of 2014 the Budapest metropolitan area, with its 7,626 km² (2,944 sq. mi), extends significantly beyond Budapest's administrative region (encompasses 193 settlements around the city), a region also commonly referred to as Central Hungary.[4] It had a population of 3,303,786 inhabitants at the January 2013 census, making it the tenth largest urban region in Europe (Larger urban zones in Europe).

Nagykovácsi (whose name in English translates as "Great Smithy") is a small town in the Western Metropolitan Area of Budapest, Hungary situated some 15 km (9 mi) of the centre of Budapest, in a valley, at an altitude of 340 metres. It is located next to the second district of Budapest. According to the 2011 census, its population was given as 7095, though this figure does not include the many people who own a property there as a second residence. The town is known for its scenic setting in surrounding hills and forests, and parts of the nearby forest have been designated conservation areas the "Buda Land Protection Area" in order to protect several rare species of flora growing there. Its location has contributed to the town's development in recent years. The American International School of Budapest chose Nagykovácsi as the site for its new campus in 2000.

It is an extended part of the Budapest Public Transport System. Its picturesque surroundings, hills to the South and East, and good accessibility by city buses from Hűvösvölgy Station made it a desirable destination for affluent city-dwellers moving to suburban homes outside of Budapest from the mid- 1990s. Together with the large-scale migration of people from Budapest in the past decades of suburbanization, ethnic Germans have become a minority of its population. All types of schools and education facilities (American, French, German, British, Austrian Schools) are in reachable range from the settlement.

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