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by Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000
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Nagygyimót is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary near
to Town of Pápa (8 km east) in the Little Hungarian Plains. The
village has got 671 inhabitants (1990 census) nearly all of them
are Hungarians.
The first mention of the village is from 1225. At this time the
landlord of the village was the Chapter of Várad (now Oradea /
Nagyvárad/ in Rumania). Later landlords were: the Amadé Family,
the Chapter of Veszprém, the Csoronok Family and the Esterházy
Family. All the settlers of the villages was serf. In 1910
Nagygyimót was a village in the Pápa district of Veszprém
County. Number of inhabitants in 1910: 1.197; 1.196 (100,0%)
Hungarian and 1 others by mother tongue, 739 (61,7%) Roman
Catholic, 266 (22,2 %) Lutheran, 182 (15,2%) Calvinist and 10
(0,8%) other by religion.
The flag, the CoA and the seal were adopted in 15th August 2000.
Istvan Molnar, 17 September 2000
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by Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000
Description of the Coat of Arms - The three silver churches in