Badacsonytomaj () is a town in the Hungarian county of

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with 2,341 inhabitants, as of 2011. It is located at the eastern foot of the volcanic

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hill along the

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. The greatest sight in the town is that of the hill itself, with its spectacular 60−70 m high

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organs. The region around the town is well known for its high quality Hungarian wines. The town's name was recently used in a viral promotion by

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to promote a new feature in their PlayStation 3 Home Service. The viral campaign consisted of

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s being placed around

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with various letters on them. Players had to piece together the letters and use the resulting word as a code. As a municipality, it includes the smaller villages of Badacsonyörs and Badacsony as well as the town center of Badacsonytomaj. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in

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56 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the

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. The community had a Jewish cemetery.

Demography

The majority ethnic group in the village is Hungarian (97.34%), followed by German (2.04%). The majority of residents are Roman Catholic (55.15%), 9% have no religion (6.19%). A significant number of residents' religions' are not known.

References

External links

Home page

Street map

Laposa.hu
File: Badacsonytomaj kikötő.jpg, The port of Badacsonytomaj File: Badacsonytomaj látkép.jpg, View of Badacsonytomaj from the lake Populated places in Veszprém County {{Veszprem-geo-stub