Bakonyszentkirály is a village in

Veszprém county Veszprém (, ; ) is an administrative county (''vármegye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the norther ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, 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 and ...

Zirc District Zirc () is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Zir ...

. It is a small village with a population of 826. The village is situated in the

Bakony Bakony () is a mountainous region in Transdanubia, Hungary. It forms the largest part of the Transdanubian Mountains. It is located north of Lake Balaton and lies almost entirely in Veszprém county. The Bakony is divided into the Northern and ...

mountains, some 40 km south of

Győr Győr ( , ; ; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia region, and – halfwa ...

and 50 km north of

Lake Balaton Lake Balaton () is a freshwater rift lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the larges ...

. The quiet, forested area surrounding Bakonyszentkirály, with its fresh air, is ideal for tourism.

Neighboring villages

Csesznek Csesznek (; , , ) is a village in Zirc District, Veszprém county, Hungary. The village is known for its medieval castle. Etymology The name comes from Slavic ''čestnik'' – a privileged person, an office bearer, nowadays also an elder fa ...

* Bakonyoszlop *

Bakonyszentlászló Bakonyszentlászló is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 30 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust Th ...

Veszprémvarsány Veszprémvarsány is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northe ...

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Gallery

File:Bakonyszentkirály, church, sundown.jpg, Church by sunset File:Church Bakonyszentkiraly.JPG, Church in Bakonyszentkirály 2009

Notes

External links

Village Website (Hungarian)

Hostel site with pictures
Populated places in Zirc District {{Veszprem-geo-stub