Solt
| Solt | |||||
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Southern Great Plain | ||||
| County : | Bács-Kiskun | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Kalocsa | ||||
| District since 1.1.2013 : | Kalocsa | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 48 ' N , 19 ° 1' E | ||||
| Area : | 132.67 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 6,359 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 48 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 78 | ||||
| Postal code : | 6320 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 29115 | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2012) | |||||
| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | Pál Kalmár ( Fidesz ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Béke tér 1 6320 Solt |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Solt [ ʃolt ] ( German Scholt , Croatian Šolta ) is a city in central Hungary .
Solt lies on the Danube, in the great Hungarian lowlands . Solt has more than 6000 inhabitants and is located at the point of contact between the waterways and inland routes at a central transport point, the intersection of three important roads between Budapest and Baja.
Infrastructure
A few kilometers north of Solt operates Magyar Posta the transmitter Solt , one of the world's largest medium-wave transmitter . The transmitter has been working on 540 kHz with 1680 kW transmission power since December 1, 2017.
In the 1930s a bridge over the Danube was built in Solt, which was blown up by German troops during World War II . The current bridge was built in the 1950s.
Town twinning
Solt lists three twin cities :
| city | country | since |
|---|---|---|
| Dăneşti (Csíkdánfalva) |
 Harghita, Romania
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2005 |
| Habichtswald |
 Hessen, Germany
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2001 |
| Kerava |
 Finland
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2003 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Árpád Weisz (1896–1944), Hungarian football player and coach
- Sir Georg Solti [ˈʃolti] KBE (born October 21, 1912 in Budapest, † September 5, 1997 in Antibes (southern France); born György Stern ), Hungarian-British conductor
swell
- ↑ Hrvatski glasnik br.35/2007. ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 758 kB)
- ↑ Solt Város honlapja. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
