Paks

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Paks
Coat of arms of Paks
Paks (Hungary)
Paks
Paks
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Southern Transdanubia
County : Tolna
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Paks
District since 1.1.2013 : Paks
Coordinates : 46 ° 38 '  N , 18 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '0 "  N , 18 ° 52' 0"  E
Area : 154.08  km²
Residents : 19,625 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 127 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 75
Postal code : 7030
KSH kódja: 04862
Structure and administration (as of 2017)
Community type : city
Mayor : Péter Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP-Paksi Lokálpatrióták)
Postal address : Dózsa György út 55-61
7030 Paks
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )
Sacred Heart Church

Paks [ ˈpɒkʃ ] ( German Paksch , older also Pax an der Donau ) is a town on the Danube in Tolna County in Hungary . The county Paks is named after her and in the city is located. The city has about 20,000 inhabitants.

Geographical location

Paks is located about 100 kilometers south of Budapest on the right western high bank of the Danube, which is around 400 meters wide . In the vicinity of Paks are Tolna (the city that gave Tolna County its name), the county capital Szekszárd and municipalities such as Dunakömlőd and Németkér .

Economy and Infrastructure

To the south of the city and downstream is the Paks nuclear power plant , the only nuclear power plant in the country. It has four pressurized water reactors of Russian design (WWER-440/213) with about 443-470 MWel each; one each was put into operation in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1987. The AKZ covers around 40% of Hungary's electricity needs. See also nuclear energy in Hungary .

Paks can be reached from Budapest on the M6 Danube motorway via three junctions. The main road 6 runs through the city on the way from Budapest to Pécs and on to the Croatian border. A ferry connects the city with Géderlak ( Kalocsa district in Bács-Kiskun county ) on the left eastern bank of the Danube.

Town twinning

Culture and sights

  • The Roman Catholic Holy Spirit Church designed by Imre Makovecz was built in 1989.

Personalities

literature

  • Paks , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , pp. 572f.

Web links

Commons : Paks  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Aerial view of Paks

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Szabolcs Dull: A Fidesz visszaszerezte elvesztett városát. Index.hu Zrt., September 10, 2017, accessed on February 13, 2018 (Hungarian).
  2. ↑ Danube Swabian Place Name Book: for the formerly and partly still German-populated places in Hungary, Isabelle Regényi, Anton Scherer, Günter Junkers - 1987
  3. ↑ Нововоронеж и венгерский Пакш стали городами-побратимами