Győr
City with county rights in Hungary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Győr (US: /djɜːr, dʒɜːr/ DYUR, JUR,[6][7] Hungarian: [ɟøːr] ⓘ; German: Raab; names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia region, and – halfway between Budapest and Vienna – situated on one of the important roads of Central Europe. It is the sixth largest city in Hungary, and one of its seven main regional centres. The city has county rights.
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Győr | |
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Győr Megyei Jogú Város | |
Coordinates: 47.6842°N 17.6344°E / 47.6842; 17.6344 | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Western Transdanubia |
County | Győr-Moson-Sopron |
District | Győr |
Government | |
• Mayor | Csaba András Dézsi[1] (Fidesz) |
• Deputy Mayor | Dr Tivadar Somogyi (Fidesz-KDNP) Dr Dávid Fekete (Fidesz-KDNP) Ákos Radnóti (Fidesz-KDNP) |
• Town Notary | Dr Szilárd Lipovits Petra Tibold |
Area | |
• City with county rights | 174.62 km2 (67.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 108 m (354 ft) |
Population | |
• City with county rights | 129,301 |
• Urban | 246,159 |
Demonym | győri |
Population by ethnicity | |
• Hungarians | 84.5% |
• Germans | 1.5% |
• Romani | 0.8% |
• Others | 1.7% |
Population by religion | |
• Roman Catholic | 44.9% |
• Evangelicals | 4.3% |
• Calvinists | 4.1% |
• Other | 1.5% |
• Non-religious | 14.2% |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | (+36) 96 |
Motorways | M1, M19, M85 |
NUTS 3 code | HU221 |
Distance from Budapest | 121 km (75 mi) East |
International Airport | Győr (QGY) |
MP | Róbert Balázs Simon (Fidesz) Ákos Kara (Fidesz) |
Website | gyor |
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