Oroszlány is a city in Komárom-Esztergom County in the Central Transdanubia region of Hungary, on the northwestern flank of the Vértes Mountains. It has a population of roughly 20,487, and its main tourist attraction is the eighteenth-century Camaldolese monastery of Majk.
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Founding Year Founding Year Sources
1. Oroszlány (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 17,510 (2025)
2. Oroszlány (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1383
Its first mention is from 1383 when the name Oroszlankew (modern Hungarian: oroszlánkő meaning lion/lion's stone) appears and then it is mentioned in a 15th-century deed as Possesio Orozlankew of the Csák family.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1383
Its first mention is from 1383 when the name Oroszlankew (modern Hungarian: oroszlánkő meaning lion/lion's stone) appears and then it is mentioned in a 15th-century deed as Possesio Orozlankew of the Csák family.
Source text, founding-year: 1383
Its first mention is from 1383 when the name Oroszlankew (modern Hungarian: oroszlánkő meaning lion/lion's stone) appears and then it is mentioned in a 15th-century deed as Possesio Orozlankew of the Csák family.
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