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by István Molnár, 6 December 2000
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Vének is a small village in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in
Hungary near to the City of Győr (17
km north) in the Szigetköz Island of the Danube. The village has
got 158 inhabitants (1990 census), nearly all of them are
Hungarians. Neighbouring settlements are: Győr city, Gönyű and
Kisbajcs villages in Hungary, Trávnik (Füss) and Čičov (Csicsó) villages in Slovakia.
In 1910 Vének was a village in the Tószigetcsilizközi district
of Győr County. Number of inhabitants in 1910: 274; 274 (100,0%)
Hungarian by mother tongue, 273 (99,6%) Roman Catholic and 1
(0,4%) other by religion.
Ratio of the horizontal flag: 2:3. Ratio of the vertical
flag 1:2..
István Molnár, 6 December 2000
by István Molnár, 6 December 2000
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by Istvan Molnar, 6 December 2000
Description of the coat of arms: The shield is quartered, and
the 4th field is divided by two silver stripe. In the first field
there is St John of Nepomuk saving the settlement of the
fishermen and shipmen. In the second field there is an anchor
relates to the shipmen living here from 1240. In the third field
there is a mill-wheel relates to the old ship mills on the
Danube. The two silver stripes of the fourth field relate to the
Danube and the Mosoni Danube (this is a small arm of the river),
and the fish relates to the fishing of the last centuries and
now.
István Molnár, 6 December 2000