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Szombathely

Eastern Europe

Szombathely is a city in Hungary with about 78,000 inhabitants, making it the country's tenth most populous city, and serves as the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country near the Austrian border. It lies along the streams Perint and Gyongyos, where the Alpokalja, or Lower Alps, meet the Little Hungarian Plain, and as the oldest city in Hungary it is known as the birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours.

Facts
Population
78,025 1
Area (sq km)
97.5 2
Founding Year
43 1
Population Estimate Year
2017 2
Elevation (m)
209 2
Latitude
47.233333 degrees north 2
Longitude
16.633333 degrees east 2
Sources
1. Szombathely (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, established_date1: 43 AD (Savaria)
  • Infobox: population_total
    78,025
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Szombathely (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 47.233333, longitude 16.633333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 209 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 97.5 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2017)
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Wikidata: Szombathely
Wikidata Q42007, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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