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image by Zoltan Horvath, 16 January 2025
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Verpelét is a town in Eger district of Heves County, under the Mátra mountain range, beside of the Tarna River.
The settlement was already an inhabited area for thousands of years before the Hungarian conquest.
Despite the fact that the personal name Welprit can already be read in a certificate from 1211, its first mention in a certificate survives from 1252,
and then in 1331 it is mentioned again in the form of Welpreth. In the second half of the 13th century, the village was owned by the Verpeléti branch from the Aba family.
In 1869 and 1880, a large fire devastated the settlement, burning down half of the village. The 1701 census registered the settlement as a populous market town.
The settlement was a village from 1950, and was granted the status of a large village on 01 May 1973. Verpelét is a town since 2013.
Zoltan Horvath, 16 January 2025
The flag is light blue, with its coat of arms in the center. Ratio is 2:3.
The flag originally adopted in 1993 by Municipal Decree No. 4/1993.(I.29.) adopted on 29 January 1993.
The current legislation is the Municipal Decree No. 13/2016. (XII.15.) adopted on 15 December 2016:
https://or.njt.hu/eli/729237/r/2016/13
Images of flag:
https://verpeletamk.lapunk.hu/kepek/verpelet/marc_15033.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=860924432923091&set=pcb.860931669589034
Zoltan Horvath, 16 January 2025
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image by Zoltan Horvath, 16 January 2025
The coat of arms is vertically divided shield. The left side of the shield is red, the right side is blue.
The left side of the shield is bordered by grape vines and bunches of grapes, and the right side is bordered by tobacco leaves.
The red on the left side shows a plowshare, the blue on the right side shows a coulter.
This coat of arms was adopted by the same Municipal Decree.
Images of coat of arms:
https://www.verpelet.hu/ (website of the town)
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=575927014756169&set=a.575926988089505
Zoltan Horvath, 16 January 2025
