Fonyód

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Fonyód
Town
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Nickname: 
Town of experiences
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Fonyód
Location of Fonyód
Coordinates: 46°44′28″N17°33′01″E / 46.74119°N 17.55030°E / 46.74119; 17.55030
Country Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Region Southern Transdanubia
County Somogy
District Fonyód
RC Diocese Kaposvár
Established9th century AD
Town status1989
Government
 • MayorJózsef Hidvégi (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
 • Total53.55 km2 (20.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total4,773 [1]
Demonym fonyódi
Population by ethnicity
[2]
 •  Hungarians 84.3%
 •  Germans 3.7%
 •  Roma 1.2%
 •  Croats 0.2%
 •  Romanians 0.1%
 •  Greeks 0.1%
 •  Slovaks 0.1%
 •  Polish 0.1%
 •  Ukrainians 1.1%
 • Others1.0%
Population by religion
[3]
 •  Roman Catholic 51.3%
 •  Greek Catholic 0.5%
 •  Calvinists 5.8%
 •  Lutherans 1.8%
 •  Jews 0.1%
 • Other0.8%
 •  Non-religious 13.3%
 • Unknown26.4%
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8640
Area code (+36) 85
Patron Saint Saint Stephen
Motorways M7
Distance from Budapest154 km (96 mi) Northeast
NUTS 3 code HU232
MP József Attila Móring (KDNP)
Website Fonyód Online

Fonyód (German : Fonjod) is a town and holiday resort on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, in north-west Somogy, western Hungary, with over 4,700 residents. It is the seat of Fonyód District.

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History

The first mention of Fonyód was in a letter of Saint Ladislaus from 1082, as the village Funoldi. In 1232, the village was included into the lands of the Tihany Abbey. Maps from the 14th century show Fonyód as an island (with Balaton being larger), with a castle. The castle was occupied and destroyed in 1575 during the Turkish invasion, with no one living in the village by 1580. After the Turkish occupation, Fonyód remained uninhabited until the 19th century.

The construction of a railway around Lake Balaton greatly contributed to the village's development. By 1900, Fonyód had become a holiday resort, and by 1910 over a thousand visitors were arriving each year.

Fonyód attained town status in 1989.

Economy

The town is famous for its mineral water which is bottled there under the name Fonyódi and is owned by the Croatian company, Jana (part of Agrokor). [4] [5]

The electronics producer cms manufacturing (owned by the Austrian cms electronics) and the Italian electronics device producer Datalogic operate factories in the town. [6]

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Fonyód is twinned with: [7]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Fonyód, KSH
  2. ↑ KSH - Fonyód, 2011
  3. ↑ KSH - Fonyód, 2011
  4. ↑ Magyar Nemzet - July 13, 2004
  5. ↑ Fonyódi
  6. ↑ Datalogic
  7. ↑ "Testvérvárosok". fonyod.hu (in Hungarian). Fonyód. Retrieved 2021-03-28.


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