Pécs

Also known as Pecs

stad i Ungern

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Pécs is the fifth largest city in Hungary, located in the southwestern part of the country near the Croatian border on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains. It serves as the main administrative and economic hub of Baranya County and is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs.

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1: Southern Transdanubia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Award: European Capital of Culture
Country: Hungary
Located in: Pécs District
Official language: Hungarian
Population: 139412
Area: 16278
Elevation: 153
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Capital of: Baranya County
Shares border with: Martonfa
Official website: www.pecs.hu
Image: Pécs (145).jpg
Dialing code: 72

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twinned administrative body: Aix-en-Provence
Commons category: Pécs
topic's main category: Category:Pécs
category of associated people: Category:People from Pécs
postal code: 7600–7636
category for people born here: Category:Births in Pécs
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pécs
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons gallery: Pécs
different from: Peja
P8168: MAN 630
time of earliest written record: 0871-00-00
P12749: Roza Rymbayeva

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Pécs (kroatiska: Pečuh) är en stad i södra Ungern belägen nära den kroatiska gränsen. Staden ligger vid foten av Mecsekbergen. Pécs har 156 049 invånare (2011) och är regionhuvudstad i Dél-Dunántúl (Södra Transdanubien) och provinshuvudstad i Baranya. Staden är känd för att vara en av de mest romantiska städerna i landet. Här finns också lämningar från keltisk och romersk tid. Från den tid som staden ockuperades av turkarna finns ett par moskéer kvar. Den största finns på i Pécs och är numera katolsk kyrka. Den berömde opkonstnären Victor Vasarely föddes i Pécs och han donerade ett antal av sina målningar till . Staden var Europeisk kulturhuvudstad 2010 tillsammans med Essen och Istanbul. Pécs har historiskt bebotts av ungrare, tyskar och kroater och har en mångkulturell prägel. I Pécs finns bland annat Ungerns enda kroatiskspråkiga teater. Andelen av befolkningen som talar språk andra än ungerska är dubbelt så högt i Pécs som resten av Ungern.

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