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Zamárdi

Eastern Europe

Zamardi is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, about 113 kilometers northeast of Budapest, with 2,440 residents as of 2017 across 45.15 square kilometers. It is known for its beaches on Lake Balaton and for the Balaton Sound music festival, held there each summer since 2007, and it lies within the Balatonboglar wine region. Before Hungarian settlement in the tenth century the area was inhabited by the Avars, and a 1972 excavation uncovered a large Avar cemetery in the village. The pianist, conductor and composer Zoltan Kocsis was born in Zamardi.

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Population
2708 1
Founding Year
1082 2
Founding Year
1082 2
Sources
1. Wikidata: Zamardi
Wikidata Q146033, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia (Hungarian): Zamárdi
Wikipedia (Hungarian)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1082
    A város neve először 1082 -ben tűnik fel Scamard alakban egy határjárási iratban, majd 1171 -ben Zamard ként egy hiteles oklevélben.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1082
    A város neve először 1082 -ben tűnik fel Scamard alakban egy határjárási iratban, majd 1171 -ben Zamard ként egy hiteles oklevélben.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1082
    A város neve először 1082 -ben tűnik fel Scamard alakban egy határjárási iratban, majd 1171 -ben Zamard ként egy hiteles oklevélben.
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Zamardi (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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