Piliscsaba is a town in
Budapest metropolitan area,
Hungary
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, located in northwestern
Pest County, near the border of
Komárom-Esztergom in a valley between the
Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...
and
Pilis
Pilis () is a town in Pest County, Hungary.
History
The town was inhabited in prehistoric times, but was abandoned at the end of the Roman rule. Pilis was then first mentioned in 1326. It was destroyed during the Ottoman rule in the 16th cen ...
hills. It is accessible by Highway 10 and lies on the
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
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Esztergom
Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Danu ...
rail line, from the center of Budapest. The surrounding hills are meters high.
Unemployment is about 4%, and a large proportion of the population commutes to Budapest (mostly for work or school).
The town is surrounded by forested hills: hills of the Pilis Mountains to the north and hills of the Budai Mountains to the south. Faculty of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (at the Eastern gate of the city) is built on the site of former
Soviet
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barracks (previously Hungarian barracks).
Imre Makovecz
Imre Makovecz (November 20, 1935 – September 27, 2011) was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward.
Makovecz was born and died in Budapest. He attended the Technical University of Budapest. He was founder and "eter ...
, a Hungarian
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
designed a famous building called the ''
Stephaneum'' in the city.
The 11th International Congress for
Finno-Ugric
Finno-Ugric ( or ; ''Fenno-Ugric'') or Finno-Ugrian (''Fenno-Ugrian''), is a traditional grouping of all languages in the Uralic language family except the Samoyedic languages. Its formerly commonly accepted status as a subfamily of Uralic is ba ...
Studies was held in Piliscsaba during 9–14 August 2010.
The website of The 11th International Congress for Fenno-Ugric Studies
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Twin towns — sister cities
Piliscsaba is twinned with:
* Möckmühl
Möckmühl is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Jagst, 22 km northeast of Heilbronn.
Local council
Elections in 2014:
* Free voters: 8 seats
* Citizen list/CDU: 6 seats
* G ...
, Germany (2004)
* Veľký Lapáš
Veľký Lapáš ( hu, Nagylapás) is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1113.
Geography
The village lies at an altit ...
, Slovakia (2004)
* Cherasco
Cherasco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian ...
, Italy (2005)
* Valea Seacă, Romania
References
See also
* Csaba
Csaba () is a Hungarian given name for males. Csaba is the native Hungarian name for Ernak, the youngest son of Attila the Hun.''Gesta Hungarorum'', Simon Keza, Edited and translated by Laszlo Veszpremy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jeno Szucs ...
Populated places in Pest County
Hungarian German communities
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