Szekszard is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County, with a population of 29,889 at the 2022 census. By population it is the smallest county capital in Hungary, and by area the second smallest after Tatabanya. It sits where the Transdanubian Hills meet the Great Hungarian Plain, at the mouth of the Sio into the Danube floodplain, and was first documented in 1015; King Bela I founded a Benedictine monastery there in 1061. The city is known for wine production and is the birthplace of the poet Mihaly Babits.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikidata: Szekszard
- Wikidata Q189761, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata Q189761 P1249, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
P1249 value year 1015
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.25, 18.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 46.25, 18.75
46.25 18.75 Cfb
3. GeoNames: Szekszárd - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3044760, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3044760, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
46.34723 18.71189 P PPLA HU 21 34174 87 Europe/Budapest
Szekszard (Wikipedia)
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