Nagykáta

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Coordinates: 47°24′43″N 19°44′23″E / 47.41201, 19.73963
Nagykáta
Nagykáta Location of Nagykáta
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
Area
- Total	81.61 km² (31.5 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	13,108
- Density	160.61/km² (416/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2760
Area code(s)	29

Nagykáta is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Nagykáta is situated 60 kilometers from Budapest. The Express trains take 47 minutes to Keleti Station from Nagykáta and the stopping trains about 65 minutes. The history of Nagykáta dates back to the 12th century, when the Pest county branch of the Káta family settled in the region.

On the outskirts of Nagykáta — at a place called Kenderhalom — you will find the remains of the village which was the antecedent of Nagykáta at the time of Árpád.

An authentic ancient written document, the Regestrum of Várad, mentions the name of Káta village in 1221. In the 15th-16th centuries the name of Nagykáta appears as "Csekekáta" in several documents. The name "Nagykáta" appears first at the beginning of the 17th century, Even though the village was destroyed several times under the Turkish occupation of Hungary, it has always revived. The Káthay family, were unable to keep up with so many setbacks and could not survive the struggle. Without a successor Ferenc Káthay had to sell his remaining estates — even Csekekáta — to Miklós Keglevich in 1663. After the reoccupation of Buda the fate of Nagykáta was also slotted for destruction. After that íit did not appear in the official registers up until 1665, but from 1696 the village had an ordained priest again, and the registration of births, marriages death began.

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