Velence is a town in the county of
Fejér,
Hungary
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, on the shore of
Lake Velence.
Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of
Venice
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, though they are suffixed differently: "in Velence" is ''Velencén'', while ''Velencében'' refers to the Italian city (Magyar Angol Nagyszótár, Akadémiai Kiadó. See
Hungarian grammar for details).
Notable people
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Alajos Hauszmann (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 (1976–2005), handball player
External links
* in Hungarian
References
Populated places in Fejér County
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