Gyöngyös
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gyöngyös
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gyöngyös, római katolikus plébániatemplom 2021 02.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Bartholomew Church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Gyöngyös.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- HUN Gyöngyös COA.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Hungary
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- Location in Hungary
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Heves
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gyöngyös
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1261
- Settlement.leader_party
- Fidesz–KDNP
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Péter Szókovács
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273px|thumb|right|TV Tower on the Kékes 273px|thumb|right|Gyöngyös Airport (LHGY) 273px|thumb|right|Mátra Museum (former Orczy castle)
Gyöngyös is a town in Heves County, Hungary, beside of the Gyöngyös creek, under the Mátra mountain ranges. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 27,957 (see Demographics). The town is located 8.4 km from the M3 motorway and 80.8 km from Budapest. Gyöngyös is terminus of the (Nr. 85) Vámosgyörk–Gyöngyös railway line and the main road 3 lead across the town. Gyöngyös have a train station and a stop on the standard-gauge railway line and the two narrow-gauge railway lines of the Gyöngyös State Forest Railway also start from here to the mountains for tourist purposes.