Kerepes is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 9,903 (2008). Olympian Zoltán Sándor was born here.
Points of interest
- The Hungaroring , the site of the Hungarian Formula 1 race, was built on the border of Kerepes and Mogyoród .
- Church ruins on Calvary Hill
- Roman Catholic Church (Art Nouveau – built: 1911–12)
- Monument to St. John of Nepomuk statue in the cemetery
- Officer’s house and granary
- Hungary’s first Saolin church
- The famous writer Magda Szabó spent the last years of her life in Kerepes, where she died in 2007 . on November 19 .
Location
It is located next to the main road 3 , halfway between Budapest and Gödöllő ; 20 km from the capital Clark Adam Square . The largest part of the settlement with an independent name is Szilasliget . It is crossed by HÉV 8 , and the Szilas stream also flows through it. It is surrounded by the forests of the Gödöllő hills , among the surrounding hills we find the 328-meter Bolnoka.