Pécs

city in Hungary
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Pécs

Summary

Pécs is a city with county rights[1]. Pécs draws 2,167 Wikipedia views per month (city_with_county_rights category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pécs received the European Capital of Culture[3].
  • Pécs is located in Pécs District[4].
  • Pécs is in the country of Hungary[5].
  • Pécs is in the country of Austria–Hungary[6].
  • Pécs's head of government is recorded as Attila Péterffy[7].
  • Pécs's instance of is recorded as city with county rights[8].
  • Pécs's instance of is recorded as town in Hungary[9].
  • Pécs's instance of is recorded as big city[10].
  • Pécs's official language is recorded as Hungarian[11].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Kozármisleny[12].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Orfű[13].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Pécsudvard[14].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Keszü[15].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Cserkút[16].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Nagykozár[17].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Bogád[18].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Pellérd[19].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Kökény[20].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Pogány[21].
  • Pécs's shares border with is recorded as Martonfa[22].
  • Pécs's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kertváros[23].
  • Pécs's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Megyer[24].
  • Pécs's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Málom[25].
  • Pécs's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Postavölgy[26].
  • Pécs's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Árpádváros[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Hungary[5], a sovereign state[28], in Hungary[29], founded in 1000[30] and Austria–Hungary[6], a sovereign state[31], in Austria–Hungary[32], founded in 1867[33]. Pécs is located in Pécs District[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city with county rights[8], town in Hungary[9], and big city[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Pécs include Pécs-Pogány International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Hungary[36], founded in 2003[37].

Why It Matters

Pécs draws 2,167 Wikipedia views per month (city_with_county_rights category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] Pécs has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Pécs is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Pécs include Pécs-Pogány International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Hungary[36], founded in 2003[37].

FAQs

What awards did Pécs receive?

Honors received include European Capital of Culture[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Hungary, Austria–Hungary, Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic +7
    Getty thesaurus of geographic names id → 7010506
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1667]]: 7010506, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269902|batch #269902]]"
  2. 5w ago · Harp · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Hungary, Austria–Hungary, Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic +7
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q1470101]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269627|batch #269627]]"
  3. 5w ago · Harp · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Hungary, Austria–Hungary, Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic +7
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q28513]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269603|batch #269603]]"
  4. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  5. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 11973
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 11973, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483158|PECS (FÜNFKIRCHEN) (#167483158)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclop"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0212053-Pecs-Madarsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0212053-Pecs-Madarsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  7. 17w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → geografico/1203053
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10077]]: geografico/1203053"
  8. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
    Head of government → Attila Péterffy, Zsolt Páva, Péter Tasnádi +3
    Instance of → city with county rights, town in Hungary, county town +3
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Kertváros, Megyer, Málom +22
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 165679, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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