Gyöngyös is a city

City

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 in Heves

Heves (county)

Heves county lies in northern Hungary. It lies between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok...

 county in Hungary

Hungary

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, 80 km (50 mi) east of Budapest

Budapest

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. Situated at the foot of the Sár-hegy and Mátra

Mátra

Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....

 mountains, it is the home of numerous food production plants, including milk production and sausage factories. It is also the home of many vineyard

Vineyard

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s, which use the slopes of the Sárhegy to cultivate vines.

Name

The meaning of the town's name in English

English language

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 is "Made of Pearl

Pearl

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s". The 16-17th century historian Miklós Istvánffy wrote that the name of the town comes from the Hungarian word for mistletoe (fagyöngy literally "wood-pearl"), which is abundant in the local woods. Croats from Hungary call this city Đunđuš.

Famous people

Gyöngyös is the birthplace of Hungarian Olympic swimmer Gabriella Csépe

Gabriella Csépe

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, as well as that of well-known sociologist and conference organiser Gyöngyi Horváth.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Gyöngyös is twinned

Town twinning

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 with:
Zeltweg

Zeltweg

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, Austria

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 Ringsted

Ringsted

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, Denmark

Denmark

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 Pieksämäki

Pieksämäki

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, Finland

Finland

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 Sanok

Sanok

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, Poland

Poland

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 Târgu Secuiesc

Târgu Secuiesc

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, Romania

Romania

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External links

• Gyöngyös at gyongyos.info

• MSN Map