Piliscsaba () is a town in

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, located in northwestern Pest County, near the border of Komárom-Esztergom in a valley between the

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Pilis Pilis () is a town in Pest County, Hungary. History The town was inhabited in Prehistory, prehistoric times, but was abandoned at the end of the Pannonia, Roman rule. Pilis was then first mentioned in 1326. It was destroyed during Ottoman Hungar ...

hills. It is accessible by Highway 10 and lies on the

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rail line, from the center of Budapest. The surrounding hills are metres high. Unemployment is about 4%, and a large proportion of the population commutes to Budapest (mostly for work or school). The town is surrounded by forested hills: hills of the Pilis Mountains to the north and hills of the Budai Mountains to the south. Faculty of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (at the Eastern gate of the city) is built on the site of former

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barracks (previously Hungarian barracks). Imre Makovecz, a Hungarian

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designed a famous building called the '' Stephaneum'' in the city. The 11th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies was held in Piliscsaba during 9–14 August 2010.The website of The 11th International Congress for Fenno-Ugric Studies
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Piliscsaba is twinned with: *

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, Germany (2004) * Veľký Lapáš, Slovakia (2004) *

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