Sopron
city in Hungary
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Summary
Sopron is a town in Hungary[1]. Sopron ranks in the top 1% of town in hungary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,457 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sopron District[3]
- Country: Hungary[4], Austria–Hungary[5]
- Head of government: Ciprián Farkas[6]
- Instance of: city with county rights[7], border city[8]
- Official language: Hungarian[9]
- Shares border with: Burgenland[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Rorschach[11], Eisenstadt[12], Bolzano[13], Bad Wimpfen[14], Kazuno[15], Seinäjoki[16], Mediaș[17], Veliko Tarnovo[18], Kempten[19], Eilat[20]
- Postal code: 9400[21]
- Commons category: Sopron[22]
- Local dialing code: 99[23]
- Significant event: Sopron plebiscite[24]
- Official website: http://www.sopron.hu[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sopron[26]
- Commons gallery: Sopron[27]
- Population: 60,528[28], 61,249[29], 62,454[30], 60,334[31], 61,784[32], 61,589[33], 60,820[34], 60,035[35]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[37], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Regesta Imperii[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[41], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[42]
- Replaces: Scarbantia[43]
- Capital of: Sopron District[44]
- Contains settlement: Balf[45], Brennbergbánya[46], Újhermes[47], Sopronbánfalva[48], Sopronkőhida[49]
- Official name: Sopron[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Sopron[51]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sopron[52]
- Native label: Sopron[53], Ödenburg[54]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Sopron[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Sopron include Soproni[56], a beer brand[57], founded in 1895[58] and 157141 Sopron[59], an asteroid[60].
Why It Matters
Sopron has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Sopron is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Sopron include Soproni[56], a beer brand[57], founded in 1895[58] and 157141 Sopron[59], an asteroid[60].