Ózd
title: "Ózd" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-borsod-abaúj-zemplén-county"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-borsod-abauj-zemplen-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ózd" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement "]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Ózd légifotó.jpg |
| image_caption | Aerial view |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| image_shield | Coa_Hungary_Town_Ózd.svg |
| image_flag | Flag of Ózd.svg |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_map | Hungary#Europe |
| pushpin_relief | 1 |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| official_name | Ózd |
| subdivision_type1 | County |
| subdivision_name1 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Ózd |
| area_total_km2 | 91.56 |
| population_as_of | 2017 |
| population_total | 32827 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 3600 |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| area_code | (+36) 48 |
| website | |
| :: |
|settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = Ózd légifotó.jpg |image_caption = Aerial view |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = |image_shield = Coa_Hungary_Town_Ózd.svg |image_flag = Flag of Ózd.svg |coordinates = | pushpin_map = Hungary#Europe | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = |timezone=CET |utc_offset=+1 |timezone_DST=CEST |utc_offset_DST=+2 |official_name=Ózd |subdivision_type1=County |subdivision_name1=Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |subdivision_type2=District |subdivision_name2=Ózd |area_total_km2=91.56 |population_as_of=2017 |population_total=32827 |population_density_km2=auto |postal_code_type=Postal code |postal_code=3600 |area_code_type=Area code |area_code=(+36) 48 |website= Ózd () is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 40 km from the county seat of Miskolc. Ózd is the second largest municipality in the county.
History
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The area has been inhabited since ancient times. The village of Ózd was first mentioned in 1272. The modern city came into being with the unification of the towns Ózd, Bolyok and Sajóvárkony during the socialist era of Hungary, when the northern part of the country was developed into a centre of heavy industry. Ózd has a Roma population of 1,025 persons.
Sport
The most popular sport in Ózd is football. Ózd's most successful football team was the Ózdi Kohász SE which played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level league in Hungary. However, the club dissolved in 2003.
Twin towns – sister cities
Ózd is twinned with:
- ROU Bichiș, Romania
- POL Chorzów, Poland
- ROU Neaua, Romania
- SVK Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia
- SVK Veľký Blh, Slovakia
References
References
- [http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=14492 Óza, KSH]
- (2015-05-29). "Hungarian League 1961-62". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- "Megismertetni és megismerni". Ózd.
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