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Oroszlány

Eastern Europe

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.

Facts
Population
17,510 1
Founding Year
1383 2
Founding Year
1383 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Oroszlány (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 17,510 (2025)
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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.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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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 47.25, 18.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 18.25
47.25 18.25 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Oroszlány - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3046888, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3046888, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
47.48671 18.31225 P PPLA2 HU 12 20271 182 Europe/Budapest
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