{{Refimprove|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | settlement_type = Town | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{HUN}} | image_skyline = Velence légifotó.jpg | image_caption = Aerial view | image_shield = HUN Velence Címer.svg | image_flag = Flag of Velence.svg | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | pushpin_map = Hungary | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Velence | pushpin_mapsize = | official_name = Velence | map = <!--<div style="position: relative">275px<div style="position: absolute; left: 100px; top: 83px">Image:Red_Dot.gif</div></div>--> | subdivision_type1 = County | subdivision_name1 = Fejér | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Gárdony | area_total_km2 = 33.37 | population_total = 5739<ref>[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=25016 Velence, KSH]</ref> | population_as_of = 2017 | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 2481 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+36) 22 | coordinates = {{coord|47.24177|18.64790|region:HU|display=inline,title}} | blank_name = Motorways | blank_info = M7 | blank2_name = Distance from Budapest | blank2_info = {{convert|47.4|km|abbr=on}} Northeast | website = {{URL|www.velence.hu}} }} '''Velence''' is a town in the county of Fejér, Hungary, on the shore of Lake Velence.
Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of Venice, though they are suffixed differently: "in Velence" is ''Velencén'', while ''Velencében'' refers to the Italian city (Magyar Angol Nagyszótár, Akadémiai Kiadó. See Hungarian grammar for details).
==Notable people== *Alajos Hauszmann (1847–1926), architect, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *Klára Somogyi (1913–1996), tennis player *Péter Kun (1967–1993), hard rock guitarist *Zsolt Szekeres (born 1975), football player *Anita Kulcsár (1976–2005), handball player
==External links== {{Commons category|Velence}} * {{Official website|http://www.velence.hu/}} in Hungarian
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{{Gárdony District}} {{Fejér}} {{Hungary's most flowery settlements}}
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Category:Populated places in Fejér County
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