# Velence

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Velence
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Velence.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velence
> Source revision: 948800518
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Refimprove|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement-->
| settlement_type        = [Town](/source/List_of_cities_and_towns_of_Hungary)
| subdivision_type       = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world)
| 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](/source/Central_European_Time)
| utc_offset             = +1
| timezone_DST           = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| 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](/source/Counties_of_Hungary)
| subdivision_name1      = [Fejér](/source/Fej%C3%A9r_County)
| subdivision_type2      = [District](/source/Districts_of_Hungary)
| subdivision_name2      = [Gárdony](/source/G%C3%A1rdony_District)
| 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](/source/Postal_codes_in_Hungary)
| postal_code            = 2481
| area_code_type         = [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_Hungary)
| area_code              = (+36) 22
| coordinates            = {{coord|47.24177|18.64790|region:HU|display=inline,title}}
| blank_name             = Motorways
| blank_info             = [M7](/source/M7_motorway_(Hungary))
| 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](/source/Fej%C3%A9r), [Hungary](/source/Hungary), on the shore of [Lake Velence](/source/Lake_Velence).

Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of [Venice](/source/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](/source/Hungarian_grammar) for details).

==Notable people==
*[Alajos Hauszmann](/source/Alajos_Hauszmann) (1847–1926), architect, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
*[Klára Somogyi](/source/Kl%C3%A1ra_Somogyi) (1913–1996), tennis player
*[Péter Kun](/source/P%C3%A9ter_Kun) (1967–1993), hard rock guitarist
*[Zsolt Szekeres](/source/Zsolt_Szekeres) (born 1975), football player
*[Anita Kulcsár](/source/Anita_Kulcs%C3%A1r) (1976–2005), handball player

==External links==
{{Commons category|Velence}}
* {{Official website|http://www.velence.hu/}} in Hungarian

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Gárdony District}}
{{Fejér}}
{{Hungary's most flowery settlements}}

{{authority control}}

Category:Populated places in Fejér County

{{Fejer-geo-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Velence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velence) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velence?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.