Székesfehérvár
Appearance
Székesfehérvár | |
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Székesfehérvár Megyei Jogú Város | |
From the top, left to right: Hungarian Royal Hotel, Cathedral of Székesfehérvár, Aunt Kati statue, Árpád Spa, Episcopal Palace, and Csók István Gallery and Vörösmarty Mihály Library | |
Nickname(s): Fehérvár Hungarian Crowning City City of Kings City of Churches | |
Coordinates: 47°11′20″N 18°24′50″E / 47.18877°N 18.41384°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Central Transdanubia |
County | Fejér |
District | Székesfehérvár |
Established | 972 |
City status | 972 |
Government | |
• Mayor | András Cser-Palkovics (Fidesz-KDNP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Éva Brájer (Fidesz-KDNP) Tamás Égi (Fidesz-KDNP) Péter Róth (Fidesz-KDNP) Attila Mészáros (Fidesz-KDNP) |
• Town Notary | Dr Viktor Bóka |
Area | |
• City with county rights | 170.89 km2 (65.98 sq mi) |
Elevation | 118 m (387 ft) |
Population (2014) | |
• City with county rights | 97,617[1] |
• Rank | 9th |
• Density | 571.23/km2 (1,479.5/sq mi) |
• Urban | 272,474 (9th)[2] |
Demonym(s) | székesfehérvári, fehérvári |
Population by ethnicity | |
• Hungarians | 85.0% |
• Germans | 1.3% |
• Gypsies | 0.8% |
• Romanians | 0.1% |
• Serbs | 0.1% |
• Slovaks | 0.1% |
• Croats | 0.1% |
• Polish | 0.1% |
• Ukrainians | 0.1% |
Population by religion | |
• Roman Catholic | 35.0% |
• Greek Catholic | 0.3% |
• Calvinists | 8.2% |
• Lutherans | 1.4% |
• Other | 1.6% |
• Non-religious | 21.9% |
• Unknown | 31.7% |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 8000 to 8019 |
Area code | (+36) 22 |
Motorways | M7 |
NUTS 3 code | HU211 |
Distance from Budapest | 64.2 km (39.9 mi) Southwest |
International airports | Székesfehérvár |
MP | Tamás Vargha (Fidesz-KDNP) Gábor Törő (Fidesz-KDNP) |
Website | www |
Székesfehérvár (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈseːkɛʃfɛheːrvaːr] (listen); German: Stuhlweißenburg, pronounced [ʃtuːlˈvaɪ̯sn̩bʊʁk] (
listen)), known as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in Székesfehérvár, a district in Hungary.
Sister cities
[change | change source]Székesfehérvár is twinned with:[3]
Alba Iulia, Romania
Biograd na Moru, Croatia
Birmingham, United States
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Bratislava, Slovakia
Cento, Italy
Chorley, England, United Kingdom
Erdenet, Mongolia
Kemi, Finland
Kocaeli, Turkey
Luhansk, Ukraine
Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Opole, Poland
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Zadar, Croatia
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- Székesfehérvár, a királyi város (Székesfehérvár, the royal city)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 KSH - Székesfehérvár, 2011
- ↑ Eurostat, 2016
- ↑ "Településfejlesztési koncepciójának és integrált településfejlesztési stratégiájának megalapozó vizsgálata" (PDF). szekesfehervar.hu (in Hungarian). Székesfehérvár. 2018-11-16. p. 93. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
Other websites
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- Székesfehérvár at funiq.hu (in English)47°11′44″N 18°24′32″E / 47.19556°N 18.40889°E