%0 Journal Article
%@ 1789-6339
%A  Halász Imre
%D 2016
%F acta:44133
%J Közép-európai közlemények
%K Településtörténet - falusi - Zala megye, Turizmus - Zalakaros, Fürdő - Magyarország - regionális,
%N 2
%P 33-50
%T Elhaló aprófaluból dinamikusan fejlődő fürdőváros
%U http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/44133/
%V 9
%X Before the appearance of a new natural resource in the life of the small southern Zala village, in the fifties and sixties the village did not differ from other settlements of a few hundred inhabitants. It  had  a  life  that  was  typical  in  Hungarian  villages  of  the  era,  where  the  cooperative  was  the  only economic organization that provided jobs.The change, however, has not started with the discovery of thermal water and the establishment of  the  spa.  At  the  beginning,  when  tourism  was  identified  as  a  branch  of  domestic  trade,  neither  a significant economic development, nor a social change can be detected. As soon as the conscious, -a bit later –the integrated settlement development started, this tendency has changed rapidly. Building the thermal bath was a milestone, its development triggered a series of changes. First, migration from the  village  stopped, the  population  was stagnant for a  while, then  more and  more  people  settled down in the village.The process of change can be observed in the administrative status of the settlement as well. Initially,  it  was  an  associate  commune,  later  an  independent  district  village  council  was  in  charge  of governing  anddevelopment  duties,  then  it  became  a  large  commune  /  village  (1984),  later –at  its inauguration –the smallest town of Hungary (1997).The changes of the past half, or rather quarter of the century have brought interesting features in the life of the local society where integration has appeared instead of fragmentation.
%Z Illusztrációval, bibliogr. a jegyzetekben: p. 48-49.