Miskolc

Miskolc
Coat o airms
Nickname(s): Steel Ceety; Ceety o the Open Gates
Miskolc Location o Miskolc in Hungary
Coordinates: 48°06′15″N 20°47′30″E
Kintra	Hungary
Region	Northren Hungary
Coonty	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Toun syne	1365
Ceety syne	1909
Urban coonty syne	1970
Govrenment
• Mayor	Ákos Kriza (Fidesz)
Area
• Tot	236.68 km2 (91.38 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Tot	168,075
• Rank	4t
• Density	756/km2 (1,960/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Post code	3500–3549
Website	www.miskolc.hu

Miskolc (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmiʃkolts] ( listen), Slovak: Miškovec) is a ceety in northeastren Hungary, mainly wi hivy industrial backgrund. Wi a population close tae 170,000 (2010), Miskolc is the fowert lairgest ceety o Hungary (ahint Budapest, Debrecen an Szeged; seicont-lairgest wi agglomeration.) It is an aa the caipital o Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Coonty an the regional centre o Northren Hungary.

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

See also: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Hungary

Miskolc is twinned wi:

• Aschaffenburg, Germany
• Białystok, Poland
• Burgas, Bulgarie
• Cleveland, USA
• Katowice, Poland
• Košice, Slovakie, syne 1997
• Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Tampere, Finland
• Valenciennes, Fraunce
• Vologda, Roushie