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Miskolc

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Miskolc
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Coat of airms o Miskolc
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Eik-name(s): 
Steel Ceety; Ceety o the Open Gates
Miskolc is located in Hungary
Miskolc
Miskolc
Location o Miskolc in Hungary
Coordinates: 48°06′15″N 20°47′30″E / 48.10417°N 20.79167°E / 48.10417; 20.79167Coordinates: 48°06′15″N 20°47′30″E / 48.10417°N 20.79167°E / 48.10417; 20.79167
KintraHungary
RegionNorthren Hungary
CoontyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Toun syne1365
Ceety syne1909
Urban coonty syne1970
Govrenment
 • MayorÁkos Kriza (Fidesz)
Area
 • Total236.68 km2 (91.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total168,075Decrease
 • Rank4t
 • Density756/km2 (1,960/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Post code
3500–3549
Websitewww.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

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Miskolc is twinned wi:

References

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  1. "Partnership towns of the City of Košice" (in Slovak). © 2007-2009 City of Košice Magistrát mesta Košice, Tr. SNP 48/A, 040 11 Košice. Archived frae the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 12 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)