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by Istvan Molnar, 28 November 2000
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Tét is a large village in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in
Hungary between the Town of Pápa (21 km north) and City of Győr
(24 km south) in the Little Hungarian Plains. The settlement has
got 4.252 inhabitants (1990 census), near all of Hungarians. One
of the Official Ethnic Minorities of Hungary has got ethnic
council in the village. The Gipsy. Neighbouring settlements are:
Rábaszentmihály, Kisbabot, Rábaszentmiklós, Mórichida,
Gyömöre, Felpéc, Győrszemere villages and Győr city. In 1910
Tét was a village in the Sokoróalja district of Győr County.
Number of inhabitants in 1910: 4.111; 4.103 (99,8%) Hungarian and
8 (0,2%) others by mother tongue, 1.935 (47,1%) Lutheran, 1.890
(46,0%) Roman Catholic, 432 (10,5%) Jew and 52 (1,3%) other by
religion. 1920-1946 in Győr-Moson-Pozsony County, 1946-1949 in
Győr-Moson County and 1950-now in Győr-Sopron (from 1990
Győr-Moson-Sopron) County.
The flag, the CoA and the seal were adopted on 10th May 1997.
Ratio of the flag: 2:3
Istvan Molnar, 28 November 2000
Tét became a town (Város) in 2001.
Istvan Molnar, 4 July 2001
by Istvan Molnar, 28 November 2000
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by Istvan Molnar, 28 November 2000
Description about the CoA:
Standing shield divided into four fields. In the left and top
field there are a silver plougshare and coulter relate to the old
seal of Tét village from 1697. In the second field there is a
gold draw-well with a silver pail relates to the old seal of
Szentkút (Holy Well) village (now part of Tét with a beautiful
Baroque church) from 1779. The gold crucifix and the black eagle
in the third, blue field was the CoA of the Kisfaludy Family,
relate to the famous celebrity of the settlement. The silver arm
with silver sabre and gold star in the blue field was the CoA of
the Poky Family, which family was the landlord of Tét. The
silver vawy stripe relates to the Csángota Brook.
Istvan Molnar, 28 November 2000