Marcali
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Marcali
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Marcali, Gyümölcsoltó Boldogasszony-templom.jpg
| image_caption = The Roman Catholic Church of Marcali
| image_shield = HUN_Marcali_Címer.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Marcali.svg
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| image_map = File:SomogyMegye.png
| map_caption = Location of Somogy county in Hungary
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{HUN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Southern Transdanubia
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Somogy
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Marcali
| subdivision_type4 = RC Diocese
| subdivision_name4 = Kaposvár
| area_total_km2 = 101.5
| population_total = 11216[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=18500 Marcali, KSH]
| population_as_of = 2017
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = marcali
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 8700
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = (+36) 85
| website = {{URL|http://www.marcali.hu/|marcali.hu}}
| pushpin_map = Hungary
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Marcali
| pushpin_mapsize =
| coordinates = {{coord|46.58582|17.41279|region:HU|display=inline,title}}
| blank_name = Patron Saint
| blank_info = Holy Mary
| blank4_name_sec1 = NUTS 3 code
| blank4_info_sec1 = HU232
| blank5_name_sec2 = MP
| blank5_info_sec2 = József Attila Móring (KDNP)
}}
Marcali ({{IPA|hu|ˈmɒrtsɒli}}; {{langx|de|Martzal}}) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Marcali District.
The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160410182214/http://www.delbalatonibor.hu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/HK-Tan%C3%A1cs-Alapszab%C3%A1ly.pdf A Balatonboglári borvidék hegyközségi tanácsának alapszabálya (PDF)]
Geography
It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line.
Media
Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at {{coord|46|36|53.5|N|17|27|53.63|E|type:landmark|name=Kisperjes transmitter}} a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.
Notable people
- Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), painter and art theorist
- Béla Pap de Szill (1845–1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
- Endre Bán (1934–1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
- Mya Diamond (born 1981), pornographic actress and nude model
- Árpád Milinte (born 1976), footballer
- Olivér Kovács (born 1990), footballer
- Márta Vass (born 1962), ultramarathon runner
- Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), handballer
- Béla Virág (born 1976), footballer
- Lukács Bőle (born 1990), footballer
- Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}
Marcali is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Testvérvárosok|url=http://www.marcali.hu/index.php/varosunk/testvervarosok|website=marcali.hu|publisher=Marcali|language=hu|access-date=2021-04-10}}
- {{flagicon|GER}} Künzelsau, Germany
- {{flagicon|CRO}} Medulin, Croatia
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Morrovalle, Italy
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Toplița, Romania
Gallery
Gizella templom - panoramio.jpg|Gisella Church
Kicsiny kápolna a boronkai temetőben - panoramio.jpg|Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
Marcali, Városi Zeneiskola - panoramio.jpg|The building of the music school (built in 1898)
Noszlopy Gáspár Általános iskola - panoramio.jpg|Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
A boronkai templom - panoramio.jpg|Saint Barbara Church of Boronka
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://www.marcali.hu/}} {{in lang|hu}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030714/http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=18500 Street map] {{in lang|hu}}
- [http://www.marcaliportal.hu/ Marcali Portal] {{in lang|hu}}
{{Marcali District}}
{{Somogy}}
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Category:Populated places in Somogy County
Category:Hungarian German communities in Somogy County
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