Sopron
Ödenburg | |
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Sopron Megyei Jogú Város | |
Nickname: Civitas Fidelissima (Most Loyal City/Citizenry) | |
Coordinates: 47°41′06″N 16°34′59″E / 47.68489°N 16.58305°E | |
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 | 169.04 km2 (65.27 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• City | 62,116[1] |
• Rank | 15th |
• Urban | 98,479 (13th)[2] |
Demonym | soproni |
Population by ethnicity (2011) | |
• Hungarians | 88.% |
• Germans | 5.7% |
• Croats | 0.7% |
• Romani | 0.6% |
• 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 |
NUTS 3 code | HU221 |
Distance from Budapest | 214 km (133 mi) West |
MP | Attila Barcza (Fidesz) |
Website | www |
Sopron (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃopron]; German: Ödenburg, German pronunciation: [ˈøːdn̩ˌbʊʁk] ) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.