Kompolt

Kompolt is a village in Heves county, Hungary beside of the Tarna River. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 1,890 (see Demographics). The village located 2 km far from the "Kál-Kápolna" railway station, what is on the (Nr. 80) Hatvan–Miskolc railway line; 2,8 km far from the main road 3 and 4,7 km far from the M3 motorway. The (Nr. 84) Kisterenye–Kál-Kápolna railway line going across the village, but they have no own railway stop.

==History== In 1994 archaeologists discovered a Neolithic settlement in the area called Kígyós-ér. The settlement has been inhabited since the Hungarian conquest. The name of Kompolt is first mentioned in the documents in 1272 as Kompold. The village is the property of the Kompolti and Lipóci branches of the Aba family. The settlement and its church fell victim to Mongol invasion of Europe. On 18 September 1280 King Ladislaus IV ordered a tax to be collected from passers-by for the reconstruction (ad reparationem) of the St. Mary's Monastery Benedictine in Kompolt. On August 11, 1323, the authorities of Heves county and serf judge Lőrinc issued certificates here. The village suffered a lot from the Ottoman invasions, and it lay empty for a long time. It has been owned by Count Antal Grassalkovich since 1750, who built a castle in the settlement and after 1754 populated it with German settlers from near the Cologne.