Gyongyos is a town in Heves County, Hungary, beside the Gyongyos creek at the foot of the Matra mountains, with a population of 27,957 at the 2022 census. First recorded in documents in 1261 under the name Gyngus, it became an imperial khas town during the 16th century Ottoman conquest. A major fire on May 21, 1917 destroyed about 580 houses and left 40 percent of the population homeless, and the town population doubled after the Second World War through extensive new housing.
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1. GeoNames: Gyöngyös
GeoNames geonameid 3052040 (Gyöngyös), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Gyöngyös (Wikipedia)
3. 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 47.75, 19.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 19.75
47.75 19.75 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Gyöngyös - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3052040, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3052040, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
47.78257 19.928 P PPLA2 HU 11 32938 168 Europe/Budapest
Gyongyos (Wikipedia)
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