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Pétervására

Eastern Europe

Petervasara is a town in Heves County, in the Northern Hungary region, and seat of Petervasara District, known for its Keglevich Castle and for a pair of Medici lion statues of unknown origin. It had 2,534 residents as of 2009 across 33.87 square kilometres, and keeps sister city ties with Jesenske, Slovakia, and Fantanele, Romania.

Facts
Population
2064 1
Founding Year
1247 2
Founding Year
1247 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Pétervására (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 2,064 (2025)
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2. Wikipedia (Hungarian): Pétervására
Wikipedia (Hungarian)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1247
    század elején állhatott, de a település első említése csak 1247 -ből való, Peturwasara alakban.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1247
    század elején állhatott, de a település első említése csak 1247 -ből való, Peturwasara alakban.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1247
    század elején állhatott, de a település első említése csak 1247 -ből való, Peturwasara alakban.
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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 48.25, 20.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 20.25
48.25 20.25 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Pétervására - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 716439, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 716439, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
48.01667 20.1 P PPLA2 HU 11 2568 179 Europe/Budapest
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Pétervására (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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