Komárom
Sign in to saveKomárom (Hungarian: ; ; , later ; ) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárom fortress played an important role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and many contemporary English sources refer to it as the Fortress of Comorn.
Key facts
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- +36 34
- Settlement.official_name
- Komárom
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- HUN Komárom Címer.svg
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- Flag of Komárom (variant).svg
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- Hungary
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- Location of Komárom in Hungary
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- Country
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- Hungary
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- [[]]
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- County
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- Subregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Komárom
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- Rank
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 70.19
- Settlement.postal_code
- 2900
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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- Notable people
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Komárom (Hungarian: ; ; , later ; ) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárom fortress played an important role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and many contemporary English sources refer to it as the Fortress of Comorn.
Komárom on the south bank was formerly known as a separate village called Újszőny (or Szony). Komarom on the north bank and Újszőny were connected in 1892 with an iron bridge across the Danube. The two towns were united under the name of city of Komárom in 1896.