Balatonalmádi

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Balatonalmádi
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official_name=Balatonalmádi


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Veszprém
area_total_km2=49.89
population_total=8716
population_as_of=2004
population_density_km2=174.7
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=8220
area_code=88
latd=47.02433
longd=18.01124

Balatonalmádi, a town of 8,500 inhabitants, is a popular resort town near the northeast corner of Lake Balaton, in Hungary.

History

The town developed from four, previously separated villages, which were united by combining Balatonalmádi and Káptalanfüred in 1952, and Balatonalmádi and Vörösberény in 1971. At its beginnings, the settlement was called Almádi, and later Almádi-puszta, and belonged to the vineyard located on the current city centre. The vineyards were destroyed in the end of the 1800s by phylloxera.

The village of Vörösberény existed already during the Hungarian conquest. King Stephen I donated it to Greek nuns inhabiting Veszprém Valley, according to the first charter in Greek containing the settlement's name.

External links

* [http://www.balatonalmadi.hu/ Balatonalmadi.hu]