The System of Trade Gravitation Areas of the Hungarian Kisalföld in 1925

Abstract

In our study we made an attempt to restore the system of trade gravitation areas of the Hungarian Kisalföld between the two World Wars with the help of administrative papers. At the same time we analysed the change of the situation of micro centres and their role in the XIX century. We can state that the gravitation area map was more colourful in the past. There were many micro centres with a small gravitation area and all along the county borders there were remarkable extended areas that belonged to more than one gravitation centre. From the point of view of the trade gravitation areas the territory of the region was closed and centres beyond the regional border had an unimportant gravitation to the region. For centres in the lowest level of hierarchy the period between the two World Wars was a stabilisation phase. Their importance compared to the era of dualism did not decrease (that resulted only in the 60s and 70s).