Sopron
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This article is about the city. For the historical county in the Kingdom of Hungary named Sopron / Ödenburg, see Sopron (county).
Sopron (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃopron]; German: Ödenburg, German pronunciation: [ˈøːdn̩ˌbʊʁk] (listen); Central Bavarian: Ednburg, Slovene: Šopron) is a city of Hungary, near the western border of Hungary with Austria, at the foot of the Alps, 60 km from Vienna (in Austria) and 220 km from Budapest. The people of this city are famous for their loyalty to their country, and their hometown. A famous monument is 'Gate of Faith' which is the symbol of the people's faith to Hungary in 1921.
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Sopron | |
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Sopron Megyei Jogú Város | |
Nickname: Civitas Fidelissima (Most Loyal City/Citizenry) | |
Coordinates: 47.68489°N 16.58305°E / 47.68489; 16.58305 | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Western Transdanubia |
County | Győr-Moson-Sopron |
District | Sopron |
Established | 2nd century AD (Scarbantia) |
Re-Established | 9th century AD (Sopron) |
City status | 1277 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Dr. Farkas Ciprián (Fidesz-KDNP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Dr István Simon (Fidesz-KDNP) |
• Town Notary | Dr Szabolcs Sárvári |
Area | |
• City | 169.01 km2 (65.26 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• City | 62,246[1] |
• Rank | 15th |
• Urban | 98,479 (13th)[2] |
Demonym | soproni |
Population by ethnicity (2011) | |
• Hungarians | 88.% |
• Germans | 5.7% |
• Romani | 0.6% |
• Croats | 0.7% |
• Romanians | 0.2% |
• Slovaks | 0.1% |
• Serbs | 0.1% |
• Bulgarians | 0.1% |
• Others | 0.9% |
Population by religion (2011) | |
• Roman Catholic | 47.9% |
• Greek Catholic | 1.6% |
• Evangelicals | 5.6% |
• Calvinists | 3% |
• Jewish | 1% |
• Non-religious | 5% |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 9400 |
Area code | (+36) 99 |
Motorways | M85 Motorway (planned) |
NUTS 3 code | HU221 |
Distance from Budapest | 214 km (133 mi) West |
MP | Attila Barcza (Fidesz) |
Website | www |
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