Marcali

46°35′09″N 17°24′46″E / 46.58582°N 17.41279°E / 46.58582; 17.41279Country HungaryRegionSouthern TransdanubiaCountySomogyDistrictMarcaliRC DioceseKaposvárArea • Total101.5 km² (39.2 sq mi)Population • Total11,216^[1]DemonymmarcaliTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code(+36) 85Patron SaintHoly MaryNUTS 3 codeHU232MPJózsef Attila Móring (KDNP)Websitemarcali.hu

Marcali (German: Martzal) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Marcali District.

The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.^[2]

Geography

It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line.

Media

Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at 46°36′53.5″N 17°27′53.63″E / 46.614861°N 17.4648972°E / 46.614861; 17.4648972 (Kisperjes transmitter) a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.

Notable people

• Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), painter and art theorist
• Béla Pap de Szill (1845–1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
• Endre Bán (1934–1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
• Mya Diamond (born 1981), pornographic actress and nude model
• Árpád Milinte (born 1976), footballer
• Olivér Kovács (born 1990), footballer
• Márta Vass (born 1962), ultramarathon runner
• Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), handballer
• Béla Virág (born 1976), footballer
• Lukács Bőle (born 1990), footballer
• Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Marcali is twinned with:^[3]

• Künzelsau, Germany
• Medulin, Croatia
• Morrovalle, Italy
• Toplița, Romania

Gallery

• 
  Gisella Church
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  Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
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  The building of the music school (built in 1898)
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  Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
• 
  Saint Barbara Church of Boronka

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