Göd
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|area_footnotes =[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/!cp.hnt2.telep?nn=23649 Göd] at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
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|population_footnotes =[http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/portal/cp.hnt_telep?NN=23649 Göd] at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2009;
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|blank_info =23649[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/!cp.hnt2.telep?nn=23649 Göd] at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
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Göd ({{IPA|hu|ˈɡød}}) is a small city in Pest County, Hungary.
Location
The city is northeast of Budapest.
Economy
Göd has a thriving tourist trade. It has a thermal spa open almost 365 days a year with water rich in minerals.
Along the M2 motorway
Göd is the second town to the north of Budapest, and the first one without large socialist-era housing estates. That is, the green belt around Budapest starts with Göd on the left bank of the Danube.
The Samsung SDI Hungary plant is one of Samsung SDI's trio of advanced Lithium-ion automotive battery production facilities: the others are in Ulsan (Korea) and Xi'an (China). The plant at Göd is not far from the Austria-based battery pack division of Magna Steyr which was acquired by Samsung SDI in 2015 for $120 million.{{cite news | title = Samsung Plans to Install Battery Factory in Former Hungary Plant | url = https://dailynewshungary.com/samsung-plans-to-install-battery-factory-in-former-hungary-plant/ | work = dailynewshungary.com | date = March 24, 2017 | access-date = May 15, 2017}}{{cite news | last = Jin | first = Hyunjoo | title = UPDATE 1-Samsung SDI to build $358 mln car battery plant in Hungary by 2018 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/samsung-sdi-hungary-idUSL3N1BB2LY | work = Reuters | date = August 30, 2016 | access-date = May 15, 2017}}{{cite news | title = Samsung SDI launches construction of its plant for battery production in Hungary | url = http://www.samsungsdi.com/sdi-news/1482.html | work = Samsung SDI | date = August 31, 2016 | access-date = May 15, 2017}}{{cite news | title = Press Release - Magna Announces Second Quarter and Year to Date Results | url = http://www.magna.com/investors/press-releases-news/news-page/2015/08/07/press-release---magna-announces-second-quarter-and-year-to-date-results | work = Magna International website | date = August 7, 2015 | access-date = May 16, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2016-2017, the Ulsan plant trained several employees for the Hungary plant.{{cite news | title = Very Special Korean Experience by Employees of Samsung SDI Hungary Office | url = http://www.samsungsdi.com/sdi-news/1581.html | work = Samsung SDI | date = February 10, 2017 | access-date = May 15, 2017}} The Ulsan plant had supplied the BMW i3, but the Hungary plant will provide the BMW i3, i5, and X5 with advanced Li-ion batteries.{{cite news | last = Jin | first = Hyunjoo | title = Samsung SDI will build EV battery plant in Hungary | url = http://europe.autonews.com/article/20160830/ANE/160839998/samsung-sdi-will-build-ev-battery-plant-in-hungary | work = Automotive News Europe | agency = Reuters | date = August 30, 2016 | access-date = May 15, 2017}}{{cite news | title = SB Limotive Starts Production of Lithium-Ion Cells | url = http://www.energytrend.com/news/SB_Limotive_Battery_20101111.html | work = Energy Trend | date = November 11, 2011 | access-date = May 15, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171002215809/http://www.energytrend.com/news/SB_Limotive_Battery_20101111.html | archive-date = October 2, 2017 | url-status = dead }}{{cite news | last = Morris | first = Charles | title = Sources say Samsung to provide battery packs for BMW X5 | url = https://chargedevs.com/newswire/sources-say-samsung-to-provide-battery-packs-for-bmw-x5/ | work = Charged | agency = Yonhap | date = March 9, 2015 | access-date = May 15, 2017}}
Infrastructure
Göd is connected to Budapest (via Dunakeszi, southbound) and to Vác (via Sződliget, northbound) by railway and public roads. On an average weekday, there are buses and trains every 30 minutes to both directions. Vác is 15 minutes by car and by train, and 25 minutes by bus. Budapest Nyugati railway station is 30 minutes by train. Because of these benefits, Göd is sometimes categorized as a dormitory town, but it has a vivid social life: civil organizations, churches, galleries, clubs, a monthly newspaper, that make it different from an average dormitory town.
Gallery
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Famous people
- Eugene Wigner – physicist, Nobel-prize winner;
- {{ill|Tivadar Huzella|hu|Huzella Tivadar}} – biologist, cancer researcher, founder of the Biology Research Centre of Göd;
- Fülöp Beck Ö – sculptor;
- {{ill|Gabriella Lakatos|hu|Lakatos Gabriella}} – ballet-dancer;
- Kálmán Latabár – actor;
- Mór Kóczán – sportsman, athlete (javelin throw), Olympic bronze medalist, Hungarian champion;
- Zoltán Kammerer – sportsman (kayak), World Champion, European Champion, Olympic Gold winner;
- Colonel {{ill|Miklós Kiss (soldier)|hu|Nemeskéri Kiss Miklós|lt=Miklós Kiss}} – hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848;
- Gábor Koncz – actor;
- László Arany – poet (son of János Arany)
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}
Göd is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Testvérvárosok|url=http://god.hu/varos/testvervaros/|website=god.hu|publisher=Göd|language=hu|access-date=2021-03-23}}
Sport
The local sports and football team is Gödi SE.
{{Further|Pólus Palace Golf Club}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Göd}}
- {{Official website|http://www.god.hu/}} in Hungarian
{{Dunakeszi District}}
{{Pest County}}
{{Authority control}}
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