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Bábolna
Hungary
Bábolna, village, Komárom-Esztergom megye (county), western Hungary, located on the Little Alfold (Little Hungarian Plain) between the towns of Győr and Tata.
A gently undulating relief and moderately warm and dry climate make the land around Bábolna very fertile. The village is most famous for the state horse-breeding estate founded by Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II in 1789, which remains the Hungarian centre for the breeding of full- and half-blooded Arabian horses and Lipizzaners. The Bábolna National Stud Farm (now a joint-stock company) also developed an international reputation for its mechanized broiler chicken breeding and corn (maize) growing operations. Pop. (2011) 3,808; (2017 est.) 3,855.
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