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Zirc

Coordinates: 47°15′49″N 17°52′09″E / 47.26349°N 17.86928°E / 47.26349; 17.86928
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Zirc

Flag of Zirc
Coat of arms of Zirc
Zirc is located in Hungary
Zirc
Zirc
Location of Zirc
Coordinates: 47°15′49″N 17°52′09″E / 47.26349°N 17.86928°E / 47.26349; 17.86928
CountryHungary
CountyVeszprém
Area
 • Total
37.4 km2 (14.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
6,552
 • Density175.1/km2 (454/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC 1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 2 (CEST)
Postal code
8420
Area code88
Websitezirc.hu

Zirc (German: Sirtz) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. It is the administrative seat of Zirc District.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in Zirc.[1] In 1910, 92 Jews lived in Zirc, Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.[2]

Attractions

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Twin towns – sister cities

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Zirc is twinned with:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  2. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  3. ^ Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences
  4. ^ "Testvérvárosaink". zirc.hu (in Hungarian). Zirc. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
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