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Zirc

Eastern Europe

Zirc is a town in Veszprem County, Hungary, and the administrative seat of Zirc District, with a 2023 population of 6,552 across 37.4 square kilometers. A Jewish community lived in Zirc from the late 19th into the early 20th century, numbering 92 in 1910, with members later killed in the Holocaust. The town is home to a Cistercian Abbey, the Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences, the Reguly Antal Memorial Library, an arboretum, and an ethnographic museum of Reguly Antal's folk art collection, and it maintains sister-city ties with towns in Germany, Romania, Finland, and Ukraine.

Facts
Population
6371 1
Area (sq km)
37.4 1
Founding Year
1199 2
Founding Year
1199 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Latitude
47.263333 degrees north 1
Longitude
17.8725 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
FAQs

When is Zirc first mentioned in writing?

First mentioned in 1199 as Siric.

The first written mention of Zirc dates from 1199, when the place is recorded under the name Siric.
Sources
1. Zirc (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 6,371 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 47.263333, longitude 17.8725
  • P2046 (area)
    area 37.4 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 6371 (2025)
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2. Wikipedia (Hungarian): Zirc
Wikipedia (Hungarian)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1199
    Az első írásos említés 1199 -ből származik, ahol Siric néven említik.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1199
    Az első írásos említés 1199 -ből származik, ahol Siric néven említik.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1199
    Az első írásos említés 1199 -ből származik, ahol Siric néven említik.
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3. GeoNames: Zirc - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3042536
    47.26362 17.87373 P PPL HU 23 7314 395 Europe/Budapest
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 395 m
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4. 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 47.25, 17.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 17.75
47.25 17.75 Cfb
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Zirc (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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