Edelény

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Edelény
Edelény coat of arms
Edelény (Hungary)
Edelény
Edelény
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Northern Hungary
County : Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Edelény
District since 1.1.2013 : Edelény
Coordinates : 48 ° 18 '  N , 20 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '48 "  N , 20 ° 44' 40"  E
Height : 130  m
Area : 56.84  km²
Residents : 10,101 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 178 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 48
Postal code : 3780
KSH kódja: 10728
Structure and administration (as of 2017)
Community type : city
Structure : Edelény, Borsod, Finke
Mayor : Oszkár Molnár (independent)
Postal address : István király útja 52,
3780 Edelény
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Edelény is a Hungarian city in the district of the same name in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County .

Location and cityscape

Edelény is located in northern Hungary , 25 kilometers north of the Miskolc county seat , on the Bodva River .

The Greek Catholic parish church ( Edelényi görögkatolikus templom ), built in 1983 according to a design by the architect Ferenc Török (* 1936), is a hexagonal central building made of rubble masonry, which is based on Byzantine models.

Town twinning

Aerial view: Edelény Castle, owned by the
Saxe-Coburg-Koháry family from 1831 to 1928

Web links

Commons : Edelény  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Balázs Dercsényi u. a .: Catholic churches in Hungary. Verlag Hegyi & Társa, Budapest 1991, p. 271