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Polgárdi
Polgárdi is a town in Fejér county, Hungary, reportedly the site where the Sevso Treasure was discovered. Geography Polgárdi is located at an altitude of about 144 metres, about 12 kilometres northeast of Lake Balaton, a resort area in western Hungary popular with German tourists, and about 30 kilometres southeast is Sárbogárd. About 17 kilometres northeast of Polgárdi is the city Székesfehérvár. South of Polgárdi runs the M7 motorway. In addition, the city is connected to the railway line from Székesfehérvár to Tapolca. History Lake Balaton was popular with Romans, especially for the generals who ruled Pannonia, the Roman province that now includes parts of Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Albania. It was a hub of the Roman Empire, and therefore the site of trade routes and wars. In the fourth and fifth centuries Goths and Vandals swept down from the north. In the Middle Ages, there were three settlements at the present Polgárdi site: Cinca, Polgárdi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Székesfehérvár District
Székesfehérvár ( hu, Székesfehérvári járás) is a district in central-western part of Fejér County. '' Székesfehérvár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Székesfehérvár District borders with Bicske District to the northeast, Gárdony District to the east, Sárbogárd District to the south, Enying District, Balatonalmádi District and Várpalota District ''(Veszprém County)'' to the west, Mór District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Székesfehérvár District is 25. Municipalities The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns, 4 large villages and 18 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages. See also *List of cities and towns in Hungary Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
