🇭🇺 Fonyód is a town and holiday resort on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, in north-west Somogy, western Hungary. It is the seat of Fonyód District. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
1History The first mention of Fonyód was in a letter of Saint Ladislaus from 1082, as the village Funoldi. In 1232, the village was included into the lands of the Tihany Abbey. Maps from the 14th century show Fonyód as an island (with Balaton being larger), with a castle. The castle was occupied and destroyed in 1575 during the Turkish invasion, with no one living in the village by 1580. After the Turkish occupation, Fonyód remained uninhabited until the 19th century.
The construction of a railway around Lake Balaton greatly contributed to the village's development. By 1900, Fonyód had become a holiday resort, and by 1910 over a thousand visitors were arriving each year. Fonyód attained town status in 1989.
1Economy The town is famous for its mineral water which is bottled there under the name Fonyódi and is owned by the Croatian company, Jana (part of Agrokor).
The electronics producer cms manufacturing (owned by the Austrian cms electronics) and the Italian electronics device producer Datalogic operate factories in the town.
1Geography Fonyód District borders with Tapolca District and Balatonfüred District (Veszprém County) to the north, Siófok District and Tab District to the east, Kaposvár District to the south, Marcali District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Fonyód District is 21.
1Municipalities The district has 4 towns and 17 villages: • Balatonboglár; • Balatonfenyves; • Balatonlelle; • Buzsák; • Fonyód; • Gamás; • Gyugy; • Hács; • Karád; • Kisberény; • Látrány; • Lengyeltóti; • Ordacsehi; • Öreglak; • Pamuk; • Somogybabod; • Somogytúr; • Somogyvámos; • Somogyvár; • Szőlősgyörök; • Visz.
1Fonyód has a population of over 4,700 people. Fonyód also forms part of the wider Somogy County which has a population of over 312,084 people. Fonyód is situated near Kaposvár.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Fonyód has links with:
🇷🇴 Borsec, Romania 🇬🇷 Kalamaria, Greece 🇵🇱 Krotoszyn, Poland 🇩🇪 Leipheim, Germany 🇧🇪 Mettet, Belgium 🇸🇰 Nové Zámky, Slovak Republic🇺🇦 Nova Kakhovka 46.75
🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 46.777
🇫🇷 Chalon-sur-Saône 46.78
🇦🇹 Spittal an der Drau 46.783
🇫🇷 Saint-Amand-Montrond 46.726
🇭🇺 Békéscsaba 46.679
🇫🇷 Lons-le-Saunier 46.676
🇫🇷 La Roche-sur-Yon 46.671
🇲🇳 Baruun-Urt 46.667
🇸🇮 Murska Sobota 46.661
🇧🇦 Široki Brijeg 17.583
🇸🇪 Södertälje 17.632
Locations Near: Fonyód 17.5559,46.7492
🇭🇺 Kaposvár 17.783,46.367 d: 45.9
🇭🇺 Veszprém 17.914,47.093 d: 46.9
🇭🇺 Nagykanizsa 16.97,46.517 d: 51.6
🇭🇺 Zalaegerszeg 16.839,46.844 d: 55.6
🇭🇺 Vasvár 16.804,47.048 d: 66.1
🇭🇷 Virovitica 17.383,45.833 d: 102.7
🇭🇺 Székesfehérvár 18.414,47.189 d: 81.4
🇭🇺 Szombathely 16.622,47.235 d: 89.1
Antipodal to: Fonyód -162.444,-46.749
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16942.2
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16558.4
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16323.7
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16253.3
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12586.6
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12488.7
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12473.7
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12469.9