Velence is a town in the county of Fejér,

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

, on the shore of

Lake Velence Lake Velence (german: Welenzer See), an endorheic basin, is the third largest natural lake in Hungary. It is a popular holiday destination among Hungarians. The lake has an area of 26 km2, one third of which is covered by the common reed. Be ...

. Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, though they are suffixed differently: "in Velence" is ''Velencén'', while ''Velencében'' refers to the Italian city (Magyar Angol Nagyszótár, Akadémiai Kiadó. See

Hungarian grammar Hungarian grammar is the grammar of Hungarian, a Finno-Ugric language that is spoken mainly in Hungary and in parts of its seven neighboring countries. Hungarian, a highly agglutinative language, uses various affixes, mainly suffixes, to chan ...

for details).

Notable people

Alajos Hauszmann Alajos Hauszmann (also called as ''Alois'', June 9, 1847 – July 31, 1926) was a Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Life Hauszmann was born in Buda in 1847 into a family of Bavarian origin as ...

(1847–1926), architect, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Klára Somogyi Klára Hensch (, ; 1913–1996) was a Hungarian tennis player in the World War II era. She represented Hungary in many international team matches. She reached the quarterfinal of the Wimbledon doubles event in 1939. Early life and family Somogy ...

(1913–1996), tennis player *

Péter Kun Péter Kun (October 29, 1967 – July 10, 1993) was a Hungarian hard rock guitarist. He played for rock bands such as Pokolgép and Edda művek. He died in a motorcycle accident in 1993; he was 26 years old. He is regarded as one of the most ...

(1967–1993), hard rock guitarist *

Zsolt Szekeres Zsolt Szekeres (born 12 July 1975) is a Hungarian football player. References *European Football Clubs & SquadsHLSZ< ...

(born 1975), football player *

Anita Kulcsár Anita Kulcsár (2 October 1976 – 19 January 2005) was a Hungarian handball player. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2004 by the International Handball Federation. Life She began her handball career with Nyíregyházi Kölcsey ...

(1976–2005), handball player

External links

* in Hungarian

References

Populated places in Fejér County {{Fejer-geo-stub