Csepreg
{{short description|Place in Vas, Hungary}}
{{Infobox settlement
| image_skyline = Csepreg, római katolikus templom 2020 02.jpg
| image_shield = HUN Csepreg Címer.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Csepreg.svg
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{HUN}}
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| name = Csepreg
| image_map = File:VasMegye.png
| mapsize = 275px
| map_caption = Location of Vas county in Hungary
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = Vas
|leader_title=Mayor
|leader_name=Zoltán Horváth
| area_total_km2 = 49.54
| population_total = 3241
| population_as_of = 2015
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes = [http://www.ksh.hu/apps/shop.kiadvany?p_kiadvany_id = 81322&p_temakor_kod = KSH&p_session_id = 800051036609396&p_lang = EN Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015]. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 9735
| area_code = 94
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Csepreg
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| coordinates = {{coord|47.40022|16.70592|region:HU|display = inline,title}}
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Csepreg (German: Schapring; Croatian: Čepreg) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. It is the largest town on the Répce River.{{cite web | title =Csepreg | work =Welcome to Hungary! | publisher =Compalmanach | url =http://www.1hungary.com/info/csepreg/ | access-date =2009-01-07 }} The current mayor of the town is Zoltán Horváth, elected on November 13, 2019.
Although tourism, particularly camping and fishing, are important sources of income for the town, a plan for the establishment of a metal finishing factory was accepted by the council after the first plan had been rejected.{{cite web | title =Land use planning of a mixed industrial-dwelling area | work =Participation Exercise | publisher =unece | url =http://www.unece.org/env/pp/ecases/HO_03.PDF | format =pdf | access-date =2009-01-07 }}
Education
- The town has a nursery, a kindergarten, an elementary school, a music school and a secondary school( Nádasdy Tamás Economic and IT Secondary School).
- The town library has a significant collection.
Notable people
- Miklós Takács de Saár, silviculturist, politician
- Antalovits Ferenc was born in Csepreg in 1953. He is a double European Championship bronze medalist and a four-time World Championship bronze medalist weight-lifter.
Sport
The football club of Csepreg was founded in 1924. The biggest achievement was winning the First Division of Vas County in the season of 1996/97. Currently the team is in the First Division of Vas County in the season of 2019/20, led by the coach, Zsolt Steiner.
Twin towns—sister cities
Gallery
File:Széchenyi tér, Csepreg, civertan, légi.jpg|Aerial photography of Csepreg
File:Csepreg, Széchenyi tér, civertan, légi.jpg
File:Schöller-kastély, Csepreg, civertan, légifotó.jpg|Schöller Castle
File:Listed houses, 2 and 3 Széchenyi Square, Csepreg.jpg|Main square—Széchenyi Square (detail)
File:Csepreg 04.jpg|St. Nicholas Church
File:Csepregcivertanlegi3.jpg|St. Nicholas Church
File:Saint Nicholas Church in Csepreg 04.jpg|Inside the St. Nicholas Church
File:Chapel of the Holy Spring in Csepreg 01.jpg|Chapel of the Holy Spring
File:Csepreg 11.jpg
File:Csepreg tüzoltosag Feuerwehrhaus Firebrigarde Firestation.jpg|The Fire Station of Csepreg
File:Flag of Csepreg.svg|Flag of Csepreg
File:Csepreg 15.jpg|Lake Bene-hegy
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516115648/http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=12140 Street map] {{in lang|hu}}
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