Zalaegerszeg

city and administrative center of Zala county in western Hungary
Place town_in_hungary Q60037
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Zalaegerszeg

Summary

Zalaegerszeg is a town in Hungary[1]. Zalaegerszeg ranks in the top 5% of town_in_hungary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zalaegerszeg is located in Zalaegerszeg District[3].
  • Zalaegerszeg is in the country of Hungary[4].
  • Zalaegerszeg's head of government is recorded as Zoltán Balaicz[5].
  • Zalaegerszeg's instance of is recorded as town in Hungary[6].
  • Zalaegerszeg's instance of is recorded as city with county rights[7].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Klagenfurt am Wörthersee[8].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zenica[9].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dobrich[10].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Varaždin[11].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Varkaus[12].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kusel[13].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Marl[14].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gorizia[15].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Krosno[16].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Târgu Mureș[17].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Surgut[18].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lendava[19].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kherson[20].
  • Zalaegerszeg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Municipality of Lendava[21].
  • Zalaegerszeg's postal code is recorded as 8900[22].
  • Zalaegerszeg's Commons category is recorded as Zalaegerszeg[23].
  • Zalaegerszeg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[24].
  • Zalaegerszeg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[25].
  • Zalaegerszeg's local dialing code is recorded as 92[26].
  • Zalaegerszeg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.839166666667, 'lon': 16.851111111111}[27].

Body

Geography

Zalaegerszeg is in the country of Hungary[4]. Zalaegerszeg is located in Zalaegerszeg District[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+55470'}[28], {'amount': '+57403'}[29], {'amount': '+59275'}[30], {'amount': '+59618'}[31], {'amount': '+59499'}[32], and {'amount': '+61667'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town in Hungary[6] and city with county rights[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Zalaegerszeg include Bazita Peak TV Tower[34], a television tower[35], in Hungary[36], founded in 1973[37].

Why It Matters

Zalaegerszeg ranks in the top 5% of town_in_hungary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[2] Zalaegerszeg has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Zalaegerszeg is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Zalaegerszeg include Bazita Peak TV Tower[34], a television tower[35], in Hungary[36], founded in 1973[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . klagenfurt.at. klagenfurt.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . admsurgut.ru. admsurgut.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . ksh.hu. Retrieved . ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . ksh.hu. Retrieved . ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . ksh.hu. Retrieved . ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [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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  1. 1d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://zalaegerszeg.hu/, https://english.zalaegerszeg.hu/, https://deutsch.zalaegerszeg.hu/
    Population {'amount': '+55470'}, {'amount': '+57403'}, {'amount': '+59275'} +9
    Category of associated people Category:People from Zalaegerszeg
    Getty thesaurus of geographic names id 7010528
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10077]]: geografico/1203051"
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