Eger

city in Hungary
Place town_in_hungary Q167109
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Eger

Summary

Eger is a town in Hungary[1]. Eger ranks in the top 6% of town_in_hungary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (984 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eger is located in Eger District[3].
  • Eger is in the country of Hungary[4].
  • Eger is in the country of Austria–Hungary[5].
  • Eger is on the body of water Eger Stream[6].
  • Eger's head of government is recorded as Ákos Vágner[7].
  • Eger's instance of is recorded as town in Hungary[8].
  • Eger's instance of is recorded as city with county rights[9].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jericho[10].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cheboksary[11].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arezzo[12].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sarzana[13].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dolný Kubín[14].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Esslingen am Neckar[15].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gainesville[16].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mâcon[17].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pamukkale district[18].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pori[19].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gheorgheni[20].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kutná Hora[21].
  • Eger's twinned administrative body is recorded as Przemyśl[22].
  • Eger's postal code is recorded as 3300[23].
  • Eger's postal code is recorded as 3304[24].
  • Eger's Commons category is recorded as Eger[25].
  • Eger's local dialing code is recorded as 36[26].
  • Eger's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.898888888889, 'lon': 20.374722222222}[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Hungary[4], a sovereign state[28], in Hungary[29], founded in 1000[30] and Austria–Hungary[5], a sovereign state[31], in Austria–Hungary[32], founded in 1867[33]. Eger is located in Eger District[3]. Eger is on the body of water Eger Stream[6].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+54867'}[34], {'amount': '+54527'}[35], {'amount': '+53876'}[36], {'amount': '+51168'}[37], {'amount': '+49182'}[38], and {'amount': '+50018'}[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town in Hungary[8] and city with county rights[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Eger include 3103 Eger[40], an asteroid[41].

Why It Matters

Eger ranks in the top 6% of town_in_hungary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (984 views/month).[2] Eger has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Eger is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Eger include 3103 Eger[40], an asteroid[41].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . egrivalasz.hu. Retrieved . egrivalasz.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Hungarian Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . comune.arezzo.it. comune.arezzo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . egriugyek.hu. egriugyek.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . egriugyek.hu. egriugyek.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . ksh.hu. Retrieved . ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] ↑ . ksh.hu. Retrieved . ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [36] ↑ . ksh.hu. Retrieved . ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [37] ↑ . ksh.hu. Retrieved . ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [38] ↑ . nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu. nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [39] ↑ . Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9h ago · Bean49Bot bot · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+54867'}, {'amount': '+54527'}, {'amount': '+53876'} +6
    Sitelink count → 90
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ce',
    Country → Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Hungary +9
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P1082]], Bot: Added [[Property:P1082]] on 1 January 2026: 47,921"
  2. 5w ago · Harp · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Hungary +9
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q1470101]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269627|batch #269627]]"
  3. 5w ago · Harp · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Hungary +9
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q12560]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269610|batch #269610]]"
  4. 7w ago · Tsuyusaki · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||zh, pl */"
  5. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 91159
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 91159, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0372288-Eger-Madarsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0372288-Eger-Madarsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  7. 17w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://eger.hu/, https://visiteger.com/en, https://visiteger.com/de +3
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Eger
    Population → {'amount': '+54867'}, {'amount': '+54527'}, {'amount': '+53876'} +6
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Eger
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10077]]: geografico/1203061"
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