Kolontár

Place in Veszprém, Hungary

Coat of arms

47°05′04″N 17°28′30″E / 47.084435°N 17.475021°E / 47.084435; 17.475021Country

HungaryCountyVeszprémArea

• Total21.72 km² (8.39 sq mi)Population

(2004)

• Total845 • Density38.9/km² (101/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

8468

Area code88

Kolontár (Hungarian: [ˈkolontaːr]) is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.

Soil pollution disaster

On 4 October 2010 a 1.5–4 meter high wave of red mud flooded the village from a plant nearby causing nine deaths and several severe chemical burn injuries. Six bodies were found in the mud and three other victims died later in a hospital after the incident.^[1] Hundreds of village inhabitants had to evacuate.^[2]