Balatonalmádi
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| Balatonalmádi | |
  Balatonalmádi
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| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Veszprém |
| Area | |
| - Total | 49.89 km² (19.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| - Total | 8,716 |
| - Density | 174.7/km² (452.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 8220 |
| Area code(s) | 88 |
Balatonalmádi, a town of 8,500 inhabitants, is a popular resort town near the northeast corner of Lake Balaton, in Hungary.
[edit] 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.
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