Velence is a town in the county of
Fejér,
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
, on the shore of
Lake Velence
Lake Velence ( ; ), an endorheic basin, is the third largest natural lake in Hungary. It is a popular holiday destination among Hungarians.
The lake has an area of 26 km2, one third of which is covered by Phragmites, the common reed. Because ...
.
Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
, though they are suffixed differently: "in Velence" is ''Velencén'', while ''Velencében'' refers to the Italian city (Magyar Angol Nagyszótár, Akadémiai Kiadó. See
Hungarian grammar
Hungarian grammar is the grammar of Hungarian, a Finno-Ugric language that is spoken mainly in Hungary and in parts of its seven neighboring countries.
Hungarian is a highly agglutinative language which uses various affixes, mainly suffixes, to ...
for details).
Notable people
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Alajos Hauszmann
Alajos Hauszmann (also called as ''Alois'', June 9, 1847 – July 31, 1926), from 1918 Hauszmann de Velencze, was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Life
Hauszmann was born ...
(1847–1926), architect, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Klára Somogyi (1913–1996), tennis player
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Péter Kun (1967–1993), hard rock guitarist
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Zsolt Szekeres (born 1975), football player
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Anita Kulcsár
Anita Kulcsár (2 October 1976 – 19 January 2005) was a Hungarian handball player. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2004 by the International Handball Federation.
Life
She began her handball career with Nyíregyházi Kölcsey ...
(1976–2005), handball player
External links
* in Hungarian
References
Populated places in Fejér County
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